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Q: Validate Specified TextBox Only I have three <input type="text" /> and each one has a button associated with it.
ie
TextBox1 --> Submit1
TextBox2 --> Submit2
TextBox3 --> Submit3
I want Validation to occur only on the corresponding textbox only. If user click Submit2 only validation occurs on TextBox2.
How can I do this?

A: You could put them in separate <form>s and have a single submit button per form.

A: I am not that good with jQuery, but I suppose one way you can do it is to handle the validation with each button click.  Here is the html/javascript for the followinng jsfiddle I setup:
<input type="text" id="input1" /><button id="button1">button 1</button>

<input type="text" id="input2"/><button id="button2"> button 2</button>

<input type="text" id="input3"/><button id="button3">button 3</button>

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#button1').click(function()
                    {
                       //Handle validaton
                       $('#input1').val("You clicked button 1");
                    });

$('#button2').click(function()
                    {
                        //Handle validaton
                       $('#input2').val("You clicked button 2");
                    });

$('#button3').click(function()
                    {
                        //Handle validaton
                       $('#input3').val("You clicked button 3");
                    });

});

A: Insted of doing it by id you could have a class. such as textbox on the text boxes then you could do
Javascript
$(document).on('click', '.textbox', aFunction);

function aFunction(event){
   var text = $(this).prev().val();
   //validation, text is the text of the box.
}

HTML
<input type="text" id="input1" /><button class='textbox' id="button1">button 1</button>

<input type="text" id="input2"/><button class='textbox' id="button2"> button 2</button>

<input type="text" id="input3"/><button id="button3" class='textbox'>button 3</button>

jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/FERMIS/zE6uK/1/

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Few places in the world can be as student-friendly as Montreal, a walkable, safe city in French-speaking Quebec that is home to no fewer than 11 institutions of higher-education and 190,000 students, 20,000 of whom hail from overseas. It is also recognized as a great place for people looking to move to Canada, because Montreal is a thriving hub for tech start-ups, as well as the Canadian home to 60 foreign organizations, meaning high-quality jobs are in plentiful supply. Montreal, where as many of the 45% of foreign students on the MBA are international, can be a soft landing for new arrivals to Canada.
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Welcome to the 2012 ACG 'Mega Poll' for the 'greatest' or 'best' (choose your preferred word) tank of WW2; as determined by you people, the wonderful members of ACG.
This 'Mega Poll' in fact consists of 12 separate polls; one for each of the 12 criteria against which you will be invited to rate 21 different WW2 tanks.
The structure of these polls is designed to accommodate everyone; the 'jump-in-jump-out-and-say-nothing' voters; the hard-core tank enthusiasts who can't get enough detail and love debating on the poll thread; and every variation in between.
Level 1 is for members who either don't want to get into the polls too deeply or simply don't have the time, but would still like to have a say in the polls and make a vote that counts. This is the 'keep it simple, keep it quick' option.
Each poll is in two parts; 'Part A' and 'Part B'. If you choose to be a Level 1 participant, you only need to do Part A.
Go into the 12 poll threads and pick the tank you think measures up the best in each one. This can be a different tank in each case and there are 21 tanks to choose from but you can only pick one. Vote for that tank.
Please note: There is no minimum level of involvement if you stay in Level 1. If you only wish to vote in one of the 12 poll threads, that's fine. Vote in as few as you like or all 12, at your pleasure. However, as a Level 1 participant you always have the right to change to Level 2 if you wish but if you decide to do that, then you will first have to make sure that you have voted for the #1 tank in all 12 polls. There is plenty of time to decide on that, as the polls will be running until 31 July.
Also please note: The remaining 20 tanks in each poll that you have not given a score, will each be awarded points against your name based on the average of the the scores all other members have given them. If you are not happy with that, you might consider participating at Level 2, which will enable you to score all 21 tanks individually in every poll. See below.
You can choose to be a Level 2 participant from the very beginning. Level 2 contains everything in Part A; but then you also do Part B afterwards.
... so you will need to show us which of the 20 tanks, in your opinion, should go into each of those brackets.
... so if you want to use this option instead of the bracket method, you will need to indicate which of the remaining 20 tanks should go against each of these placings in your opinion, to score the points shown.
It would be quite possible to have a different tank as 'champion' for each of the 12 criteria. It would also be quite possible for a particular tank to be your champion in two or more criteria. The call will be yours. However, it would be just about impossible (not to mention highly suspicious) for one tank to be 'champion' in all of the criteria or even a majority of them. We all have our favourite tanks but I would ask you please to do your best to be fair and balanced in your approach to this.
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and participation.
Last edited by panther3485; 01 May 12, 04:45.
A good number of these did not serve as first-line gun tanks for the entire war. For example, the PzKpfw 38(t) faded out during 1941/42; while the Char B-1 bis had, in the broader context, largely fallen out after the 1940 campaign. These should both be properly regarded as 'early war' tanks. At the other extreme, we have the Tiger II which only served during the final year of the war in Europe and is therefore well and truly a 'late war' tank. The IS-2 did not see front-line service until early 1944 so it too is 'late war'.
I would ask you please to take this factor into account as far as you reasonably can, when evaluating the various types against the criteria where it makes a big difference such as firepower and protection. Please make some effort to compare early war tanks more to other early war tanks to reach your conclusions; rather than to late-war tanks; and so on. Of course, some of the others such as PzKpfw IV and T-34 were in first-line service as gun tanks for all or most of the war so these can be compared against all other tanks across that whole period of service.
This 'compare within the period of first-line service' guideline is more important in some criteria than others and can be completely set aside for two of them. These two criteria - where you are actively encouraged to think outside of that constraint - are #8, Contribution to advancement of tank design and #9, Value to user nation/s and/or to Allied/Axis cause. Details will be contained in those poll threads.
Last edited by panther3485; 22 Apr 12, 09:32.
Details of what each of these should be taken to mean, and what they include, will be explained in their respective poll threads. At this point, suffice to say that a little careful thinking before voting will certainly help to do them justice.
So, after you've finished casting your votes (and posted your rankings if you go to Level 2), what will happen?
I will have recorded every member's votes and rankings on an Excel spreadsheet by way of a points score for each tank. There will be one page for each of the 12 criteria; with a column for each tank and a row for each member who actively participates. I will then add up the tally of points for each tank across all 12 pages and divide by the number of participating members to arrive at the final scores. Highest scoring tank is the outright winner and will be declared "Greatest/Best Tank of WW2" as determined by the ACG Membership.
Last edited by panther3485; 28 Apr 12, 02:41.
Well, you sure went all-out with this one!
That's a LOT of stuff to work out for those participating... I'll get back to this on my next day off.
Speaking for myself here, but OMG...SE!!!
Due to the nature of the choices (no fault of the poster), and the main nationality of people at ACG, I declare the M4 the winner .
As soon as the first post mentioned 'Tasks', I lost interest.
I'm happy to insert an alternative word, if that will help.
Edit: I just took my beloved dog, Otto, for his evening walk. Walking the dog is not only good physical exercise for both of us; but for me it is also a time of reflection and meditation. I've been giving this whole thing a bit of thought and I've decided that it would be beneficial to change more than just one word.
I want the polls to appeal to the widest possible range of members, to encourage larger numbers of them to participate. The gentle nudge you gave me has helped me to realize that certain parts of my wording may have made the whole thing seem ... well ... perhaps rather daunting to some members? Or maybe even a little bit 'elitist' in the sense of being designed to appeal only to the harder-core tank nuts among us, while possibly leaving some others feeling like they are holding a bad hand in a poker game? This is not the impression I would have intentionally set out to convey but it seems I may have done so. For the ardent enthusiast, it's all too easy to get caught in the trap of being carried away so much with a subject we love, that we can - for a time - overlook what should have been obvious from the start.
If I have conveyed such impressions to any of our members, could those members please accept my humble and sincere apologies. Everyone who has a desire to participate in tank polls here, should feel completely comfortable and welcome to do so whatever their level of knowledge or involvement is going to be.
Michael, my sincere thanks for the nudge. And +1.
Everyone: Keep your eyes on the opening posts of this and the other threads over the next couple or so hours. I hope you'll approve of the changes I'm about to make.
Last edited by panther3485; 27 Apr 12, 08:54.
I think this poll will go to the tank that consistently gets second place.
Theoretically at least, that's entirely possible, brod.
A tank need not necessarily get too many #1 votes but if it scores consistently high enough in the placings (consistently being the key word here), it can still win. Placings could be more important than some might realize.
Sorry, I've only got a Crown, but you can keep the change(s) as a tip!
Kevin, if I'd thought of that beforehand I might have fomatted it as a tournament rather than a straight set of polls, which might have suited what I wanted to do with this. Not a bad idea, regardless.
In the meantime, I have very recently made a request in 'higher places' to allow me to have a sub-forum devoted to WW2 armour in general, within which the existing 'national' WW2 armour sub-forums would - I believe - fit nicely. So we tank freaks will have our own playground but other members will be welcome to play there too, as and when they want, just as happens with sub forums across ACG. That keeps the main page clear for the full general range of WW2 topics, which is what it's meant for.
I await the verdict of my fellow mods, and more to the point those above us.
It's easy to see from the outside when everything is in place, not so much so when you're building/painting it! (The image of Rolf Harris replete with large sheets of paper, assorted brushes, paint and beard murmuring 'Can you see what it is yet' is now stuck firmly in my mind). There are numerous ways around what is, in truth, a bit of a mess and I'm sure you'll choose something appropriate .... otherwise you may wake up with a burned out Sherman turret laying beside you in your bed!
Yep, thanks Kevin. If I get a 'No' on my first idea I'll consider whatever other options are available, including your suggestion.
Rolf, btw, grew up just a few miles from where I'm living now.
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TERROIR: HOW A PLACE CREATES A TASTE
By Shu Han Lee (@mummyicancook) 9 Sep 2016
Food writer Shu Han Lee discovers the wonders of terroir, along with a newfound appreciation for the way the land influences her favorite foods
Travel,	Tea,	Wine
food, travel, tea
India, China, Crete
'That's one of the best olive oils I've had,' announced Olly, my travel companion. It was our second day in Chania, a quaint little town on the island of Crete, and we had been told to check out Salis, a restaurant down by the harbor.
Olly, a food buyer for one of the top hotels in London, had just a week earlier spent an arduous day tasting olive oils—close to 30 types, I'd heard. So it was with very high expectations that I tipped the beautiful white ceramic bottle over and mopped up the golden liquid on my plate with a chunk of Cretan rusk. Olly sprinkled a pinch of sea salt from the matching jar on top.
'Oh, wow,' I said.
'Now with the wine.'
'Ohhhh.'
'We have to find out where it's from.'
'Terroir, by Alexandra Manousakis,' I read from the lettering on the bottle and jar.
'Manousakis… Isn't that the winery we're going to visit tomorrow?'
Indeed it was. And that is how we came to sip wine under the shade of the Manousakis' lemon trees (the fact that we had to drive back from the winery conveniently forgotten) with the mysterious Alexandra herself and her husband Afshin. The relaxed warmth of this foodie couple was infectious and we found ourselves chatting about how everything began.
Alexandra's father started Manousakis Winery in 1993, convinced that the microclimate and ecosystem of the Lefka Ori mountain range would add a unique dimension to the grapes they cultivated—one that would set their wines apart from others and put them on an international playing field. And it did—the Manousakis wines were and still are a huge success.
When Alexandra returned from the US to take over management of the winery, she thought, 'Why not show others exactly what this "terroir" is?' Based on her father's philosophy, she started the Terroir range with olive oil and sea salt 'to showcase the cascading olive groves that exist literally everywhere and the Mediterranean Sea encircling the island.' Afshin's restaurant Salis is an extension of this philosophy.
While the term 'terroir' is often dropped casually and commonly in conversation among wine lovers, it's a concept that was totally new to me at the time. My unexpected chat with Alexandra and Afshin taught me its meaning and importance. It all started when French winemakers observed the differences in wines from different regions, vineyards and sometimes even different sections of the same vineyard. They termed the phenomenon terroir—which literally translates as earth (or soil). Terroir is now used in the winemaking world to describe the unique characteristics of a place that influence the wine made there.
This concept of terroir doesn't stop at wine, however. It also applies to all sorts of food: tea, coffee, hops, chocolate, rice, cheese, even chili peppers—basically anything that grows or feeds off the land indirectly. Terroir doesn't only include the soil in a region, but the climate, altitude, surrounding land and anything else that can possibly differentiate one piece of land from another.
India's famous Darjeeling tea is a perfect illustration of the concept of terroir in tea. Grown at an elevation of 7,000 feet, Darjeeling plants produce more chlorophyll in their leaves. This higher concentration of chlorophyll is what contributes to the distinctive taste of high-altitude teas. A tea plant dug up from the Himalayan foothills and moved to lower ground will no longer have the characteristic Darjeeling taste and fragrance when it's harvested a year later. Similarly, oolong teas from Dayuling, the highest tea-growing peak in Taiwan, are some of the most coveted in the world and fetch suitably premium prices.
Besides soil and altitude, the local ecosystem is also an important factor in the flavor of teas. Pine, mushroom, tulsi and flowers often impart flavor elements to wild-picked teas. The same variety of tea plant will produce completely different experiences when grown within different ecosystems. For instance, Tie Guan Yin grown in various Chinese provinces have unique attributes (called yun in Chinese) based on their terroir; Xiping Tie Guan Yin is clear, fresh and smooth in the mouth, while Gande teas have a bolder, floral aroma.
Winemakers have gone further with this idea by protecting their wines as geographical indicators, the most famous being champagne, from the Champagne region of France. No other wine, even if it is made from the same grape variety and by the same method, can be called 'Champagne.' This fierce protection of the quality, reputation and characteristics of produce that's linked directly to the land is also found in a product that's closer to home—rice. Much like Champagne, basmati rice is exclusively associated with India and Pakistan. The unique terroir of the Himalayan foothills is one of the key factors contributing to its distinct heavenly fragrance and taste.
Most of us today are far removed from the original source of our food. The concept of terroir will likely be alien for those of us living in cities, where a casual stroll doesn't exactly present us with beautiful olive trees or other reminders of our connection to the land. You might forget this article tomorrow, but I'm hoping a few food lovers out there will be taking their morning sip of Darjeeling tea or Finca Mauritania coffee with a fresh appreciation for the producers and the land they call home.
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Half marathoners reveal their reasons for running ...
For charity, for a PB, for a lost loved one ... there are endless reasons why thousands will pull on their trainers for the Yorkshire Half Marathon this Sunday.
Here are just a few reasons why our participants will be there on the start line.
Nurse's charity challenge in memory of friend Joe
Sheffield nurse Amanda Russell is tackling her first half marathon in memory of a friend who was killed last year while cycling.
Joe Highfield, 38, died last July in a collision with a car in Hillsborough.
The IT manager, who was married with twin boys, was a keen runner and completed the Paris Marathon shortly before his death.
Now family friend Amanda is all set to run in Joe's memory and to raise funds for charities he supported.
Amanda said: "Joe used to try to get me to up my challenge levels and do a 10K but I wouldn't. Then last October I managed to do the Sheffield 10K and decided to do the half marathon to raise money for charities Joe supported.
"He raised thousands of pounds for charity so this will be a nice way to honour his memory. Joe's wife and boys are coming to support me. This will be the farthest I have ever run but I have managed to run most of the route in training."
Amanda is raising money for SCOPE and CDH UK.
Friends remember Caroline with half marathon effort
A group of runners are pulling on their trainers to raise money for Caroline's Gift, launched by Caroline Butcher, of Anston, Sheffield, who lost her battle with cancer last August.
A group of Caroline's friends are taking on the half marathon challenge to raise money for the charity, which supports cancer sufferers and their families in the Sheffield and surrounding area.
Caroline's Gift provides financial help for a variety of things such as childcare, cleaning, transport costs for hospital appointments, household repairs, school uniform and other day to day expenditure which, as the charity's website says, "can often get in the way of resting or making memories."
Ellena Harrington, of Anston, is one of the team running in aid of the charity.
She said: "This is not about raising money for research or treatments. Caroline's Gift tries to help with day to day financial burdens so that families can enjoy their time together.
"Caroline was amazing. She always put other people first and after her diagnosis continued to support school events and live life to the full. The charity is very fitting legacy."
For more information about Caroline's Gift and to apply for a grant go tocarolinesgift.co.uk.
Amnesty International's half marathon boost in memory of Indi
A team of runners are tackling the half in memory of a friend who was just 32-year-old when he died last year.
Housing worker Indi Bachada, who had a rare undiagnosed heart condition, died in July.
And now over 30 of his friends are to take part in the half marathon to raise money for Amnesty International, a charity close to his heart and to which he made a monthly donation.
Indi came to Sheffield in 2002 as a student and lived in the city for a number of years before moving to Birmingham. Many of those running are friends he made while studying.
One of the team, Dave Forrest, who lives in Sheffield, said: "We were all extremely saddened by Indi's death and wanted to do something positive to honour his memory.
"He ran the Sheffield Half Marathon in 2007 so running a half marathon in the city he loved seemed an appropriate way to celebrate Indi's life.
"He had a strong social conscience and that was reflected in his support for Amnesty International. We have already raised over £6,500 and hopefully we can push that figure towards £10,000 before the run."
The team will be cheered on by Debbie and Mark Beaumont-Thomas, the parents of Indi's girlfriend, Ashley.
The couple, who live in Sheffield and will be in the middle of a Land's End to John O'Groats cycle ride to raise money for Amnesty International in Indi's memory, plan to take a rest day to watch the race.
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Rickrealling
Rickreall pioneers Nathaniel and Lucinda Ford (image credit: Statesman Journal)
The northwest Oregon community of Rickreall is believed to take its name from some of its earliest settlers having been of Canadian French Métis background. It's agreed that "Rickreall" [don't click that link if you don't want to get Rickrealled] derives from le/la/les créole(s) in French.
There appears to be decent documentation for that; I've found the place called "La Creole" in a book as early as 1853 (referring to 1846) and in a newspaper by 1867, and different sections of the same stream are called the Rickreall and the La Creole River.
But I don't think this has been suggested before: I imagine Rickreall or some other version of la créole was a word in Chinuk Wawa.
Mind you, there were synonymous conventional ways to speak of "half-breeds", such as sitkum sawash ('half-Indian').
But a short argument in favor of my idea would point out that this section of Oregon was first settled by ex-fur trade French speakers, who intermarried with Native families and spoke creolized (yes, that's the linguistic term) Chinuk Wawa at home.
And the foreignization of la créole, turning the first consonant into "R" and generally resulting in a word that's unrecognizable as French, strikes a chord with the fate of many canadien words that the Jargon introduced to the Pacific Northwest.
I think of lisitaluy 'squash' in Quinault Salish, originally French and near-certainly transmitted via Chinuk Wawa. Source? The rather different-looking la citrouille.
I also think of tapahote 'shame!' in early Chinuk Wawa, known to us from "Manuscript 195" in George Lang's good book "Making Wawa". Source? It's a mutation of t(u) (n')as pas honte.
To make the general principle of all this more clear, let me throw an English-sourced example your way: stim kar 'railroad train' in Kamloops Chinuk Wawa of 1890s BC. That comes from steam car, which was an otherwise little-known local English expression of that era — previously unknown to us either in Chinook Jargon or in English.
The local linguistic evidence, which I suggest includes "Rickreall", often leads us to new linguistic-archaeology discoveries about Chinook Jargon's role in our region's history.
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historyweaver on July 4, 2018 at 5:58 pm said:
Always good stuff. I always learn something. Now if Icould learn to string some sentences together. 🙂
chinookjargon on July 4, 2018 at 7:25 pm said:
Keep at it! I've always stuck with the advice to try reading through actual texts in Jargon. Out loud is best. Puzzle your way thru. You can do it!!
georgelang886300633 on July 4, 2018 at 9:15 pm said:
Thanks for the plug but it is ironic that, although I came to Wawa via Canadian and Métis French, you were the source of that plausible etymology for "tapahote".
Etienne on July 4, 2018 at 10:51 pm said:
VERY interesting! One thing, though: In French "créole" (and, in Spanish, "criollo") originally meant "White person born in the colonies", and only came to refer to racially mixed individuals at a much later date. There are examples of the former meaning in French in the early nineteenth century, so that it is unclear what its exact meaning must have been in whatever variety of French Chinook Jargon originally got the word from.
Come to think of it, if "sitkum sawash" was available to designate people of mixed blood, perhaps a reflex of "créole" was used to designate locally born Caucasians (and/or Caucasian-looking Métis, perhaps)?
chinookjargon on July 5, 2018 at 12:38 am said:
Yes, it's funny that the earliest instance in a quick Google Books search on créole+canadien is in a translation of Washington Irving! That's a crude first measure, but probably indicates the rarity of "creole" in Canadian French until pretty late.
Thanks for pointing this out, Etienne!
PS: changing my Google settings to search "in French" doesn't change these results. Very interesting…


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Ridgeland is een plaats (village) in de Amerikaanse staat Wisconsin, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Dunn County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 265. In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 248, een daling van 17 (-6,4%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van 1,1 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Ridgeland ligt op ongeveer 334 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 24 km rond Ridgeland.

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Purén est une ville et une commune du Chili faisant partie de la Province de Malleco, dans la Région d'Araucanie. Au recensement de 2012, sa population s'élevait à .

Géographie
Purén est située à  au sud de Santiago, au pied de la cordillère de Nahuelbuta. La commune s'étend sur . En mapuche, Purén signifie «lieu marécageux».

Histoire
Sur l'ordre du gouverneur du Chili, Pedro de Valdivia, un fort a été construit à Purén dès 1553. Il a tenu un rôle important dans la guerre d'Arauco opposant les colons espagnols aux Mapuches pendant plus de trois cents ans. En 1868, un nouveau fort fut édifié à proximité du premier. Avec la pacification de la région, des colons, principalement d'origine européenne (suisse, français et allemand) s'installèrent dans les environs à la fin du .

Économie
L'économie de Purén repose sur l'agriculture (en particulier la culture de fraises) et l'exploitation forestière.

Personnalités liées
 Malú Gatica, comédienne et chanteuse, née à Purén en 1922.

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 Région d'Araucanie

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Province de Malleco


And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.


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Happy 70th Birthday to NBC's "Today" show, which premiered in premiered in 1952. Originally hosted by Dave Garroway, "Today" was the first program of its genre, blending national news headlines, interviews with newsmakers, lifestyle features, other light news and gimmicks (including the presence of the chimpanzee J. Freg Muggs who served as the show's mascot during the early years), and local news updates from the network's stations…Norman Lear's second long-running hit sitcom, "Sanford and Son," debuted on NBC in 1972. It spun-off three short-lived sitcoms, all on NBC: "Grady" (1975-76), "The Sanford Arms" (1977) and "Sanford" (1980-81)…"Aloha from Hawaii", a concert starring Elvis Presley, was transmitted live via satellite in 1973…"The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner spun-off from "The Six Million Dollar Man," opened in 1976. After ABC swung the axe in the spring of 1977, NBC picked it up for one final season…The original "Fantasy Island", starring Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize, opened on ABC in 1977. It aired in the Saturday 10 p.m. ET hour following "The Love Boat" and ran through 1984. The first revival series, with Malcolm McDowell as Mr. Roarke, came and quickly went in the fall of 1998. A second reboot has been renewed for a second season on Fox…Two series launched in 1980: NBC daytime word quiz show "Chain Reaction" hosted by Bill Cullen, and PBS science educational program "3-2-1 Contact". "Chain Reaction" only lasted five months, but has since been revived on cable four times including its upcoming GSN edition with Dylan Lane. "3-2-1 Contact" ran for eight years…"America's Funniest Home Videos" debuted as a regularly scheduled series in 1990. Bob Saget was the first host…Months following NBC's decision to have Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show", David Letterman announced in 1993 he was moving to CBS on NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman"…Four short-lived series launched: GSN reality show "Carnie Wilson: Unstapled" in 2010; "Sex and the City" prequel "The Carrie Diaries" on The CW in 2013; FXX comedy "Man Seeking Woman" in 2015; and Fox thriller "The Passage" in 2019. Of the quartet, only "The Carrie Diaries" made it into a second season.
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ASSEMBLÉE LÉGISLATIVE DE L'ONTARIO
Wednesday 24 March 2004 Mercredi 24 mars 2004
DEATH OF MEMBER FOR HAMILTON EAST
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE
The House met at 1330.
Hon Dalton McGuinty (Premier, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs): It is with a profound regret and a deep sadness that I report to this House that a short while ago our friend and colleague the MPP for Hamilton East, Dominic Agostino, passed away. I am informed that he passed away suddenly from cancer. There will be a time soon in this House when we can appropriately pay tribute to our friend, after all members have had a bit of time to cope with this news.
I can report that I spoke with his sister, Mary, and conveyed to her, on all our behalf, our sadness, and extended to her, and through her to their extended family, our sympathies at the passing of their brother, son and uncle.
Let me just say this, Speaker. Dominic so loved this place. He loved politics, and he loved the game. He loved the to-and-fro, the back and forth. He was a relentless champion for his principles and his constituents. He always did what he sincerely felt was the right thing to do.
But the greatest loss today is felt by his family. Our thoughts and our love are with Dominic's mother, Teresa, his brother Ralph and his wife Rose, Dominic's sister, Mary, and her husband, Tony, and Dominic's beloved nieces and nephews. I know today they are also thinking of Dominic's late father, Salvatore.
I understand that some other members of the Legislature would like to say a few words. I would ask as well that when that has come to a conclusion, we have a moment of silence in honour of our friend and colleague Dominic Agostino.
Mr John R. Baird (Nepean-Carleton): It's certainly with great sadness that I rise to join the Premier on the passing of our colleague and friend. He was someone who was tremendously proud of his background, tremendously proud of his hometown of Hamilton and the east end of Hamilton, who had elected him for some 22 years, far longer than I even realized when I first became friends with Dominic. They returned him in every election for a reason. He never forgot who sent him, whether it was on the school board or at city council or in this place.
He cared passionately. He was a small-l liberal's Liberal. He cared passionately about the disadvantaged. I can tell you that in our first year in government he was Mike Harris's worst nightmare. He never, regardless of the political consequences, backed down from fighting for what he believed in, whether it was popular or not.
He will be tremendously missed. On behalf of all our colleagues in the official opposition, we look forward to a more appropriate time to pay tribute to him. But at this time, our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with his family -- the Premier mentioned his nieces and nephews he so proudly put on his Christmas card, with a big smile -- and his many friends, who will miss him greatly.
Mr Howard Hampton (Kenora-Rainy River): On behalf of New Democrats, I too want to especially offer condolences to his family.
I know that members of the Liberal caucus are probably having a very difficult time today. We want you to know that because of where Dominic sat for eight years, right over here, we knew him quite well too. In fact, we looked forward to his wisecracks, and there were always many. We looked forward to his interventions. Because of our particular nature, we really did appreciate his scrappiness, the fact that here was somebody who, on any issue, was going to make his views known. We appreciate the probably very difficult time that many members of the Liberal caucus are having, so our condolences to you too.
I understand there have been some discussions about what should follow from here. I think all of us should take some time over the next day or so to remember our friend and our colleague and pay the proper respects to his family, his community and to us, his friends.
The Speaker (Hon Alvin Curling): Before we take the moment of silence, allow me to express my feeling for a human being I have admired a lot. I hope that we all remember his energy, his intelligence, and know that our colleague Agostino lives with us forever.
May we stand for a moment of silence.
The House observed a moment's silence.
The Speaker: Thank you.
Hon Dwight Duncan (Minister of Energy, Government House Leader): I move that out of respect to the memory of the late member for Hamilton East, Dominic Agostino, this House stands adjourned until 1:30 of the clock next Monday.
The Speaker (Hon Alvin Curling): Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Agreed.
The House adjourned at 1343.


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Trees played a very important part in Celtic life and culture. One of the strongest features in Celtic beliefs was the Tree of Life. The Celtic tree of life represented harmony and nature and how they are brought together by the forces of nature. They believed that the deep roots and high branches of the tree connected both the under and uppers worlds to the earths plane. Through this connection the Gods of both worlds could connect and communicate with the people. Each Celtic tribe dedicated a lot of devotion towards these trees and it was common practice to plant a single large tree upon clearing a settlement. Cutting down one of these trees was seen as a great crime and was often an act committed by tribal enemies.


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Soquel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California. The population was 9,644 at the 2010 census.
The name Soquel has a somewhat unknown history. The Ohlone Indians were the native tribe in the area and the Spanish phonetic rendering of their word for the creek which runs through the community was Osocalis, which Americans eventually morphed into Soquel.
The first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolà expedition, passed through the area on its way north, camping at one of the creeks on October 16, 1769. The expedition diaries don't provide enough information to be sure which creek it was, but the direction of travel was northwest, parallel to the coast.
Franciscan missionary Juan Crespi, traveling with the expedition, noted in his diary that, "We stopped on the bank of a small stream, which has about four varas of deep running water. It has on its banks a good growth of cottonwoods and alders; on account of the depth at which it runs it may be that it cannot be utilized to water some plains through which it runs. Translator Herbert Bolton speculated that the location was Soquel Creek.
Martina Castro was granted Rancho Soquel by Alta California governor José Figueroa in 1833. Martina was one of the daughters of Santa Cruz fundadore José Joaquín Castro, who came as a boy with his family to Alta California from Mexico with the second De Anza expedition in 1775. Several of Martina's Californio brothers and sisters also became rancheros.
Anna Jean Cummings Park is the largest park in Soquel, with playfields for soccer, baseball, and softball, playgrounds, picnic areas, and a large open space of coastal prairie terrace. It is operated by the Santa Cruz County Parks Department. Others include Richard Vessey, Soquel Lions, and Willowbrook Park. Another park without an official name is under development on a property once called "The Farm". The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County also owns two protected lands on Fairway Drive, the Greenspace Garden and the Fairway Drive Coastal Prairie Terrrace.


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The result of a personal injury case that is settled out of court is often the creation of a structured settlement. This term refers to a financial arrangement that is an alternative to simply handing over a lump sum of money to the person receiving the financial award. Rather, a structured settlement allows for ongoing periodic payments – comprised of the amount of the award split into payments.
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Large-scale systems are hard to coordinate. Moreover, it is even harder to come up with a unifying theme that can get everyone thinking on the same page. When this unifying theme is missing, developers find it hard to communicate and understand the system. The previous patterns discussed - refactoring to deeper insight, maintaining model integrity and distillation - help but these patterns do not really provide a unifying theme for everyone.

What's needed is a a set of rules or patterns that can span the entire system and thus allow developers to grasp the system as a whole. Evans's patterns in this chapter are more of recommendations based on what he has observed in various projects.

Large-Scale Structure:

"This whole area is still undeveloped. I've observed a few general patterns of large-scale structures that have emerged on various projects. I'll discuss four in this chapter. One of these may fit your needs or lead to ideas for a structure tailored to your project."

In this chapter, Evans finally confronts the issue of the System Metaphor in XP and how it relates to the model. I would have appreciated more if he had a linked from his earlier chapters to this one. As some of you might recall, I was having some issues on how the system metaphor relates to the model in model-driven design.

Another important point in this chapter is the fact that the strategy for large-scale structures need to evolve with the project. It is disastrous to be rigid and stick with just one of those patterns. Unfortunately, there is the resistance to change because once the structure for a large system is established, it is really hard to change. And that is something that we do not have a good rule of thumb for.

Those of you who are interested in large-scale structures might also be interested in Ultra-Large Scale Systems. So far the only work on it, as far as I can tell is the one done by CMU. In the SAG group, we had a discussion on the paper once but unfortunately no one recorded our discussion down.

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Q: How to add Bootstrap Date Picker as Ember Component One of the things I struggle the most with is taking existing libraries and adding them to my Ember project. I am currently trying to add the Bootstrap Date Picker as an Ember component but I can not get it to behave correctly.
I have added the Bootstrap JS files to my Vendor folder and added the following to ember-cli-build:
app.import('vendor/datepicker/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js');

Then I have created a component pod called date_picker. The template for the component is as follows:

    <input type="text" class="form-control">

The JS file for the component is currently:
import Component from '@ember/component';

export default Component.extend({

addDate(){
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    format: 'dd/mm/yyyy',
    startDate: '-3d',
    autoclose: true
});
}
});

The component is called in the main template with {{date-picker}}. The above does render a date picker on the screen but one that does not behave correctly. It does not auto close for example and whilst the format is correct, it does not go cycle through months or always select the correct date on a button click.
Is there a step I have missed in integrating this into an Ember project?

A: Have you considered using the existing addon for this?  https://github.com/soulim/ember-cli-bootstrap-datepicker


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The M.S. (Ministry of Supply) Factory, Valley was a Second World War site in Rhydymwyn, Flintshire, Wales, that was used for the storage and production of mustard gas. It was later also used in the development of the UK's atomic bomb project. More recently, it became a bulk storage depot for emergency supplies.

Site history

The site occupies around 35 hectares of the Alyn Valley, to the south of the village of Rhydymwyn (centred on SJ 205 668). Once part of the extensive Gwysaney Estate, the Parish of Rhydymwyn was established in 1865. Lead mining in the area is known to have been extensive, and a foundry associated with nearby mines is depicted on several early maps for the area. Following the closure of the foundry land use on the site was largely agricultural in character. However, in 1939 the land was purchased by the Ministry of Supply and developed as a purpose built chemical weapons factory and storage facility.

Over 100 specialised buildings were constructed across the site, linked by an extensive rail network established around a spur off the Chester to Denbigh mainline. Other major landscaping undertaken at this time included the canalisation and culverting of the River Alyn, and the excavation of a complex of interlinked subterranean, rock-cut tunnels and caverns. During World War II the plant produced ordnance containing mustard gas, and was associated with the development of the Atom Bomb. In the immediate Post-War period the site was used to store German nerve gas, and it was not until the 1950s when Britain relinquished its chemical weapons (CW) capability that the site as a chemical storage facility was defunct. However, the site remains on the international Chemical Weapons List, and is still monitored as such.

From the mid-1960s the site was used by various governmental departments, its major function being a buffer storage depot to supply emergency rations and foodstuffs, and associated facilities such as mobile bakeries and canteens. In 1994 the site was closed, and a programme of demolition was undertaken. This involved the dropping of buildings onto their footprints, and the rubble being mounded over with topsoil. Several major structures, and many ancillary buildings, still survive across the site.

The surviving buildings are a reminder of a huge building programme that changed the face of Britain forever and the site remains as unique today as it was at its inception.

Chemical weapons programme
In the late 1930s the Chamberlain Government planned that the United Kingdom should be in a position at the beginning of any war to retaliate in kind if the Germans, as expected, used mustard gas. In April/June 1939 the Alyn Valley was surveyed by the Department of Industrial Planning on behalf of the Ministry of Supply (MoS), and Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) who were tasked with managing this programme.

The Treasury approved the sum of £546,000 for initial work on 27 August 1939, and work began in October 1939 on the storage tunnels in the limestone hillside, in the Alyn valley close to Rhydymwyn. The factory, to be called M.S. Factory, Valley, opened in 1941. The government authorised the expenditure of £3,161,671 and ICI's construction fee was £80,000.

Production was intended of both Runcol and Pyro variants of mustard; records reveal that only the purer and more stable Runcol was made in bulk.

In 1940–1959, it was involved in either the manufacturing, assembly or storage of chemical weapons, or mustard gas in bulk containers. During 1947–1959 the tunnel complex held the majority of the country's stock of mustard gas.

Research has shown that whilst the attrition rate of certain building types has been quite high across the site, there is no other CW production, storage and assembly site surviving within the UK in such a complete and readily understandable state. This makes the Valley Site as a whole a place of national significance, but of particular rarity and importance are the surviving production buildings, which are, as far as can be ascertained, unique survivals.

Nuclear weapons

On accepting the findings of the Maud Report in 1941, the government of the day needed to verify that a cost-effective atomic bomb could be manufactured. This required verification that a gaseous diffusion process would work on an industrial scale to provide enough fissile material to manufacture a cost-effective and timely atomic bomb.

One of the surplus Pyro buildings at Valley (P6) was adapted for the testing of apparatus for uranium isotope separation in 1942 in an early phase of the Tube Alloys project before this was moved to America (developing later into the Manhattan Project). Four prototype gaseous diffusion plants were ordered from Metropolitan-Vickers, at Trafford Park, Manchester, at a cost of £150,000 and installed in the P6 building at Valley. Test equipment was installed in the P6 building at Valley and experiments continued until 1945 when the equipment was moved to Didcot and Harwell. The results of the experiments led to the building of the gaseous diffusion factory at Capenhurst, Cheshire. Building P6 is now a Grade II listed building and is of international importance; for a very brief period it was at the leading edge of nuclear physics.

Cold War storage site
During the Cold War, as a result of Great Britain's previous experiences of the U-boat blockade during both world wars, and disruption to transport communications as a result of aerial bombardment during World War II, the government decided to set up a system of food and raw material stockpiles to counter the threats of a nuclear war. These stores were mostly based on the reuse of existing government-owned sites and buildings; and the former M. S. Factory, Valley was adapted to become one of these storage sites. It became a bulk storage depot for emergency supplies.

Post Cold War
The site of the Valley Works has now been returned to nature. It attracts a wide variety of wildlife and is now designated as a nature reserve as outlined on a plaque at the entrance gates.

Tunnels Opened to Public
The official opening of the Rhydymwyn Tunnels took place on Saturday, 22 April 2017 when Ken Skates, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure in the Welsh Government, officially opened the tunnels for public managed access.

Statistics
 The Treasury originally approved the sum of £546,000 for initial work on the Valley Site.
 By 1943 there were c. 2,200 people working at Valley. The vast majority were directed to work there by the government and billeted with local families.
 There were 5.2 million munitions manufactured in the war years many of them smoke generators which were heavily utilised from D-Day onwards.
 The factory eventually cost £3.2 million and ICI received a £60,000 agency fee for its involvement.
 The site covers , has  of secure fencing and has always been "Secret"

The Rhydymwyn Valley Nature Reserve
M.S. Factory, Valley has not been used since the mid-1990s. In the preceding postwar period many of the buildings were still in use, mainly as a buffer storage depot, but some were demolished because they were considered dangerous. The site has become a Nature Reserve and a Visitor Centre was built on the site of the old gatehouse.
The site covers  to the south of the village in a U shaped valley. The site was once the home to ancient lead mines and a 19th-century metal foundry. The western side of the site is semi-ancient  deciduous woodland with an understorey of wild garlic, snowdrops, bluebells and orchids. The River Alyn flows in from the north-west corner of the site and follows the western side of the valley. The river originally meandered through the centre of the valley but it was diverted as part of the early construction works. The river was canalised and given steep concrete sides and a concrete base. The middle section of the river is culverted underground for two sections. The site is now home to 7 herptile species, 8 species of fish, 17 species of butterfly/moth and 8 species of bat. 67 bird species have nested or been observed on the site.

See also
 Chemical warfare

References

Notes

Sources
 Bone, Peter; Litherland, Stephen; Nichol, Kirsty;  Pearson, Nigel and Peters, Prof. Timothy (2006). The Valley Site, Rhydymwyn, Flintshire: Historic Environment Management Plan.  Birmingham: Birmingham Archaeology.
 Cocroft, Wayne D., Thomas, Roger J. C. and Barnwell, P. S. (Editor) [2003] (2004). Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946–1989. Swindon: English Heritage. .
 Gowing, Margaret, (1964). Britain & Atomic Energy 1939-1945.

 McCamley, N. J. (2004). Disasters Underground. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. . - Chapter 5: "Poison Gas".
 Reader, W. J. (1975). Imperial Chemical Industries: A History, Volume II: The First Quarter-Century 1926–1952. London: Oxford University Press. .
 Toler, T. I. J. (Major), (1993). "Poison gas manufacture in the UK", In: After the Battle, No. 79. ISSN 0306-154X, pp. 12–33.

External links

 Rhydymwyn Valley History Society Established May 2008
 Report of the Tunnels Opening Daily Post

Chemical warfare facilities in the United Kingdom
Imperial Chemical Industries
Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United Kingdom
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Billions of people consume Lactobacillus, the Microbe of the Year 2018, every day: as sourdough bread with cheese or salami, in yoghurt or in the form of sauerkraut, beetroot, pickled cucumbers, or olives. Lactobacilli - translated as "milk sticks" - are part of our cultural history: Around 7000 years ago, settled cattle breeders in northern Europe began to consume more milk and milk products. The enzyme lactase, which is originally only present in infants and breaks down lactose, then remained active in the genome of adult Central Europeans - while most adult Asians, for example, still have a poor tolerance of dairy products today.
People discovered that milk that had turned sour could be useful and delicious: in the form of yoghurt, kefir or cheese, for example. Lactobacillus is mainly responsible for this - as well as for acidification processes for making sourdough bread, sauerkraut, or other pickled vegetables. Lactobacillus forms lactic acid from the carbohydrates present. This raises the acidity so much that harmful bacteria cannot multiply: Food is preserved. About 5000 such Lactobacillus-fermented foods are known worldwide.
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Lactobacillus accompanies us from birth: During passage through the maternal birth canal, the bacteria are transferred to the baby. The lactobacilli protect the newborn from pathogens. In caesarean births, this protection is missing, so harmful germs can settle more easily in the immature baby's intestine. There is evidence that lactobacilli reduce the likelihood of allergies and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and Crohn's disease.
Lactobacilli perform many other tasks for our health: Thanks to certain enzymes, they make indigestible carbohydrates accessible to humans - especially the dietary fibres from whole grains and vegetables, which stimulate healthy intestinal bacteria in the small intestine. Nowadays, such dietary fibres are added to some foods as "prebiotics", for example in the form of the long-chain sugars inulin or oligofructose. "Probiotics", on the other hand, are food or medicinal products that contain specific strains of bacteria. Whether natural or added: lactobacilli are important for the function of the intestinal mucosa, which transports nutrients from the intestine into the blood and also supports our immune system. If it is disturbed, infections and autoimmune diseases can develop.
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Trading on faith: religious movements and informal economic governance in Nigeria
Meagher, Kate (2009) Trading on faith: religious movements and informal economic governance in Nigeria. Journal of Modern African Studies, 47 (3). pp. 397-423. ISSN 0022-278X
Identification Number: 10.1017/S0022278X0900398X
The pressures of economic crisis and reform that have gripped African societies have been accompanied by a proliferation of new religious movements. Amid concerns about the political impact of religious revivalism, little attention has been devoted to their economic implications. Focusing on the remarkable coincidence between the withdrawal of the state, the rise of religious movements, and the dramatic expansion of the informal economy, this paper examines the role of religious revivalism in processes of informal economic governance and class formation in contemporary Africa. Against the background of the historical role of religion in the development of market institutions across the continent, it traces the dynamics of religious revivalism and informal economic regulation in two regions of Nigeria. Rather than representing a return to occultist or patrimonial impulses, new religious movements reveal distinctly Weberian tendencies. However, modernising tendencies fostered within the informal economy by popular religious revivalism are being stunted by the relentless pressures of liberalisation, globalisation and pseudo-democratisation. Progressive religious tendencies among the poor are being instrumentalised by religious entrepreneurs and political elites, undermining fragile processes of entrepreneurial class formation taking place within the informal economy.
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Hi friends! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I had a date day/night with hubby on Saturday. But now we have a cold front coming through, about a 50 degree temperature drop since yesterday, and I'm feeling it in every muscle, bone and joint. Because of that I haven't got the nail art done that I wanted to, but decided to go ahead and show you all these polishes and post some nail art in a day or two. It's definitely no fun doing nail art in the middle of a flare up. Mostly what I want to show you today is the new Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Matte Top Coat. They also sent me 6 polishes from their Miracle Gel line so plenty of awesome swatches to check out. I'm really loving Sally Hansen right now and the new matte top coat is coming in at the perfect time!
Mauve-olous is described as a pink toned soft mauve creme. Smooth creamy formula. My swatches show 3 thin coats. Showed first in glossy, then in matte. I really love this in matte!
Apollo You Anywhere is described as a coral creme with a fine gold shimmer. This color is gorgeous no matter what you do with it, but you do lose that very fine gold shimmer with the matte top coat. This is 2 coats, in glossy then in matte.
Out of this Pearl is described as a light frosty beige with a pearl finish. This is not a polish I would reach for very much on its own, but I do like it better with the matte top coat. For one it hides the brush strokes. I could see wearing this with some black stamping with a matte finish. My swatches show 3 thin coats.
Beet Pray Love is described as a red toned mid range mauve. This is a classic mid toned mauve and looks great both in glossy and matte. My swatches show 3 thin coats.
Can't Beat Royalty is described as a garnet red jelly polish. This is a semi sheer jelly and while its mostly opaque in 3 coats it's still a bit patchy, but it's more visible to the camera than it is to the naked eye. Shown with glossy top coat, then matte top coat.
Wine Stock is described as a deep wine red creme. A true vampy red! I can't resist them, even during Springtime. This is 2 coats with glossy top coat, then matte top coat.
I mentioned at the beginning of this post that this matte top coat came at the perfect time. I recently discovered that my favorite matte top coat is no longer being made as the company is closing down. That leaves me with a slew of matte top coats most of which aren't matte enough for my taste. I like a very matte finish, not a demi matte etc. But the new Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Top Coat is everything I look for in a matte finish.
Do you have favorites from these shades? Mauve-olous and Apollo you Anywhere are my top picks. Like I said I do have some nail art planned, but that will be in a different post later this week.
I know I'm weird, but I'm not a fan of matte nails. But I adore every single shade of the SH Gel Polish that you're showing. I will buy Mauve-ulous for sure, and probably a couple of others too. I've got some CVS Extrabucks, and that's what I'll be getting!
I prefer matte polish, and I need this top coat in my life – that would infuse life into so many too-shiny polishes in my stash.
I really like this matte top coat – it is not chalky looking!
I am in love with Apollo You Anywhere, including the cute name! I'm generally more of a shiny fan when it comes to cream polishes by themselves but I often prefer matte when it comes to nail art.
None of these shades really call to me or feel unique, but I may have to check out that matte top coat when I run out of matte!!!
Wow! Really pretty swatches. I normally don't do reds but I love that red jelly and the vampy swatches! I want to wear both of those!
Whoa, I kinda love them all matte!
I forgot how much I love matte polish! I want to do a dotticure with the topper now!
This is such a great matte top coat. Your swatches look great.
I love these matted! You just don't see it a lot so when I do I fall in love and want to try matting everything!
I love their miracle gel formula and am so excited about a matte top coat!


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Those few who know me well enough know that bike-racing, and cycling in general, have been big part of who I am. That, and photography.
So last week I received an email from an online cycling magazine, www.prologuecycling.com, inviting me to cover Interbike, a trade show for cycling and fitness industry in Las Vegas. I'd been wanting to go to go a cycling trade show since oh…20 years ago but throughout those years I never found a strong enough reason to make me want to fly to Las Vegas. Lucky for me Interbike also coincided with Cross Vegas, a world class cyclo-cross race, and that suited me great because it meant that there would be more stories and drama for me to cover.
I have to admit that I was a bit star-struck when I finally met the international heroes of cyclo-cross and it's such a niche sport where the pro athletes were so accessible to the spectators. It was not easy to focus on the job when I really wanted to enjoy the atmosphere. I'm not a Zen master or anything but somehow I managed to extract myself emotionally from the environment and started focusing on light-moment-composition.
The women pro riders were lining up for their race. You can see red light shining on them, when the light turned green they would go all out.
Showing up looking good is half the battle.
The race officials did their countdown at 1-minute increment starting from the 10-minutes mark. In the last minute the racers were visibly getting more nervous, and they did the forced-exhale breathing again and again. With 15 seconds to go everything became dead silent.
The light turned green! From where I was standing, which was only two-feet away, all I could feel was a blur and an explosion of energy.
I just loved it when the fans tried to high-five, or low-five, the athletes during the race. The fans, especially the young ones, went wild when the racer returned their friendly gesture. Later on the man holding beer told me that he recognized me from Kansas City. What a small world!
This young fan was shouting encouragement to every racer. That's a lot of work!
Sven Nys, the guy wearing black helmet, is the Belgian National Champion and one of the most decorated professional cyclists. There's a website dedicated to discussion about the awesomeness of Sven Nys. My 9 years old daughter watched me editing the photos when I yelled out to her "That's Sven !!" to which she responded "Without antlers !" apparently referring to the movie "Frozen" .
The U.S National Champion Jeremy Powers and his trusted mechanic inspecting his bike just before the race.
Lars van de Haar, the Dutch National Cyclo-cross champion, making final adjustment before the race.
Zach McDonald waiting at the start line of Pro Men race.
Zach is a Seattle-based profesional rider riding for Kansas City-based elite cyclo-cross KCCX team. Cyclo-cross scene in Kansas City is alive and well. Go KC !!
You know it's almost GO time when the racers started to shed their wind-breakers.
Lars van de Haar, who placed 2nd in this race, fielding questions from the press.
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What did delegates say after LSF 2012?
Thank you for this unforgettable time and life-changing experience. It was magical!
The London Screenwriters' Festival offers UK screenwriters more opportunities and inspiration over 3 days than BAFTA and BFI do in a year. Sure, it's exhausting, but in a good way – like a mad weekend away!
Third LSF. Still brilliant. Still exciting. Still worth flying over from Australia for.
It's one thing our screenwriters having a great time at the Pitchfest… but what did our Execs think about being pitched to?
Amazing weekend. Awesome people. Thanks so much for such an inspiring time. The fire in my belly is back and the rewrites underway!
Made a ton of new friends, delegates and speakers, and ended up with TEN SCRIPT REQUESTS!
I almost feel my writing has been offered a turbo-charge. Will I plug in? You bet.
For the first time in my life I think I found my true spiritual home. Sounds corny? A cliché? Not a bit of it!
What you get from the festival is so much more than contacts, a potential development deal, insight into the industry and inspiration. It's a feeling that you could walk up and talk to anyone!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you….. Did I mention Thank you?!
MASSIVE thanks for organising such a wonderful festival… The Pitchfest resulted in 10 script requests!
Well constructed, beautifully presented – a rollercoaster of emotions with a quality cast of supporting acts – the SWF is everything a movie and a festival should be.
A massive thanks to the volunteers who were all polite, jolly and helpful… See you next year!
I feel inspired, confident and not on my own anymore. I have a passion, a goal and I'm gonna go and get it!
I have had five produces ask for scripts or one page. The must-not-miss event in a screenwriter's calenders.
This year proved that LSF is an immensely valuable commodity for the international screenwriting community. Where would we be without it!?
I was beyond impressed with pitchfest. This is a must-do for every writer. It builds relationships, confidence; hell, you might even get a bite on a script – I did!
The whole experience has been a revelation. I'm so thankful 🙂 See U next year!
I can't thank you and your team enough for facilitating a weekend of such positive action, brilliant insight and incredible awakening for us all.
The result for me was… five script requests, four treatment requests and one "call me", These opportunities are all down to you and the LSF team, what happens now is down to me taking action and of course the writing. I no longer have a sense being in the wilderness but part of a great community of like minded people and friends who understand what it's like.
I attended both LSF 2011 and again this year, and once more I have nothing but praise for the wonderful sessions you and your team put on for us. Some absolute stand out sessions for me and not one duff one – now that is a hell of an achievement. So, from this particular Jersey girl who took a 24 hour, force 7 windswept, sleepless overnight ferry to get there, A GREAT BIG THANK YOU. I was so determined to be there, I wasn't going to let anything stop me getting there.