Love stories of damsels in distress and brave knights on white horses – this is part of our history and cultural ancestry. The biggest modern day reminder of Medieval heroes and grand romantic gestures are castles. There is something about those monumental buildings with vast, lush gardens and prodigal furnishing that makes us dream and feel all nostalgic.
Influenced by ancient mythology, Geek and Roman culture some castles simply throw us in awe. However, there are a few of them which awaken even stronger feelings when you see them. They are the castles of love – eternal monuments of love declarations expressed through architecture. Since Valentine's Day is just at our doors, I decided to step back in history and find some of the most romantic gestures ever made by mighty men for their fair maidens.
If we have learnt one thing from our history, it's that stories of tragedies echo through the centuries while happy ones get quickly forgotten. Taj Mahal is a mausoleum, built in memoriam of a loved one. Its construction was ordered by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan after the death of his third wife Mutmaz Mahal.
Heartbroken after the lost of his dear one, Jahan ordered the construction of a tomb which would remain in history as the most magnificent shrine created by a man for a woman. The unique architecture combining Persian, Islamic and Indonesian styles, the original (albeit already stolen) lavish lapis lazuli and turquoise decoration and translucent white marble have earned Taj Mahal a rightful place amongst the Seven Wonders of the World.
Kellie's Castle is the oldest castle built in Malaysia. The project was started in 1915 by Scottish landowner William Kellie Smith as a present for his wife. Having blessed him with a son, she was incredibly homesick in a far away country with far too different culture. The building plan was magnificent combining Moorish, Indian and Greco-Roman styles. However, the construction didn't go as planned after the Spanish flu epidemic took the lives of over 70 Indian workers. To please the locals and convince them to continue building the castle, Kellis created a Hindu temple just next to the castle. Despite his best efforts he never got to finish his love declaration as he died of pneumonia shortly after a trip to England where he went to retrieve a lift for the castle tower. Thus, the Kellie's Castle remained an unfinished love letter to a loved one.
Today, you can still see the remains of what was about to become one of the most amazing castles on the globe. Local people still believe that the abandoned ruins are haunted and refuse to go near it.
Boldt Castle was going to be a 1905 Valentine's Day present by George Boldt to his Wife. Designed in classic Medieval Victorian style, it was supposed to be the largest and most lustrous estate in the Thousand Islands, New York. The five-acre estate consists of eleven buildings, each of them utterly fascinating. However, as I mentioned very few love stories that have left their mark in our history have a happy ending. Just a year before the project was finalised and Boldt Castle was ready, Louise Boldt (George Boldt's wife) passed away. Desperate and heartbroaken, George Boldt immediately cut off the construction work, never to set foot on Heart Island, New York where the lovely castle remained unfinished.
How is this a happy ending? After years of being defaced by vandals, the Boldt Castle was finally restored and turned into a wedding venue. Hundreds of couples celebrate their love there, drawn by the romance of the place.
As you can see, love stories and castles might have a bit of a tragic aftertaste but today all of these castles are considered architectural treasures. They attract hundreds of visitors fascinated by the dazzling construction and heartbreaking love stories.


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Do any of these sound familiar? If depression is left untreated it may worsen and it can be debilitating and life threatening. The right therapist recognize how hard it is to seek help when you are feeling low and need it the most. We want you to know that in taking this step you will be on the road to recovery, as depression is highly treatable.
Depression is a complex illness with many contributing factors. Some people who have experienced dysfunctional family backgrounds may be more vulnerable to depression. Other contributors that may put you at risk are: history of abuse, certain medications, personal conflicts and disputes, major positive or negative events, social isolation, death or a loss of someone close to you, serious illness, substance abuse, and anything that affects your thinking, behavior and mood in a significant and persistent way.
Depression is not a character flaw in you, and it can't be overcome by sheer willpower. There are many treatment options available, and in evaluating what is best for you it is important to identify the type and severity of your depression, and tailor your treatment to your individual needs.
Therapy has been found to be most effective and have the longest lasting results in treating depression, either by itself or in conjunction with other treatment modalities.
When you are depressed you are held hostage by constant negative thoughts. These self-defeating thoughts may have a grain of truth, but they have become exaggerated and distorted to a point where you believe they are the entire truth. In therapy you will learn to recognize and correct these deeply held, but false negative, automatic thoughts and beliefs that contribute to depression.
Making small changes in your thinking and behavior every day will lead to lasting improvements in both mood and how you view your life going forward. Therapy will also help you get to the roots of your depression, as there may be deep, long held relational and family of origin issues that need to be resolved.
Your therapist will also evaluate current lifestyle, and work with you to improve healthy habits such as better sleep, a balanced diet, increase of exercise, limiting alcohol and/or drug habits in conjunction with learning relaxation and visualization techniques.
Sometimes clients consider medication to help them cope with their depression. A good therapist can help you examine the best treatment options for you, and as appropriate, work with your doctor and psychiatrist, or refer you to someone for medical evaluation and treatment in conjunction with your therapy and lifestyle changes.
With the right therapist by your side you can navigate these complex issues so you can get the most out of your life. You do not have to face this alone.
Below are a few questions that are intended to help you consider your personal situation more closely. If your responses cause concern and you want to make changes, we encourage you to seek help. We can help find the right therapist for you.
Does it take great effort for you to do simple things?
Do you feel uninspired and that everything is blah?
Have you noticed changes in your sleeping patterns?
Do you feel trapped and stuck in your life?
Do you feel sad even when good things happen to you?
Does your future seem hopeless?
Is it hard for you to concentrate when reading?
Have you lost interest in an aspect of your life that you used to find important?
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Ativan (lorazepam) belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Lorazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with anxiety.
Ativan may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
You should not use Ativan if you have narrow-angle glaucoma or myasthenia gravis, or if you are allergic to Valium or a similar medicine.
Lorazepam may be habit-forming and should be used only by the person it was prescribed for. Misuse of habit-forming medicine can cause addiction, overdose, or death. Ativan should never be shared with another person, especially someone who has a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medication in a secure place where others cannot get to it.
Do not drink alcohol while taking Ativan. Lorazepam can increase the effects of alcohol.
It is dangerous to purchase Ativan on the Internet or from vendors outside the United States. Medications distributed from Internet sales may contain dangerous ingredients, or may not be distributed by a licensed pharmacy. The sale and distribution of Ativan outside the U.S. does not comply with the regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the safe use of this medication.
Do not use Ativan if you are pregnant. This medicine can cause birth defects. Your baby could also become dependent on the drug. This can cause life-threatening withdrawal symptoms in the baby after it is born. Babies born dependent on habit-forming medicine may need medical treatment for several weeks. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Use effective birth control to prevent pregnancy while you are taking Ativan.
Lorazepam can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while you are using Ativan.
Ativan is not approved for use by anyone younger than 18 years old.
The sedative effects of lorazepam may last longer in older adults. Accidental falls are common in elderly patients who take benzodiazepines. Use caution to avoid falling or accidental injury while you are taking Ativan.
How should I take Ativan?
Take Ativan exactly as it was prescribed for you. Follow all directions on your prescription label. Never use Ativan in larger amounts, or for longer than prescribed. Tell your doctor if the medicine seems to stop working as well in treating your symptoms.
Lorazepam may be habit-forming. Never share Ativan with another person, especially someone with a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medication in a place where others cannot get to it.
Misuse of habit-forming medicine can cause addiction, overdose, or death. Selling or giving away Ativan is against the law.
Ativan should be used for only a short time. Do not take this medicine for longer than your doctor recommends.
Do not stop using Ativan suddenly or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, including a seizure (convulsions). Ask your doctor how to safely stop using this medicine.
Store Ativan at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
What should I avoid while taking Ativan?
Ativan may impair your thinking or reactions. Avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how this medicine will affect you. Dizziness or severe drowsiness can cause falls or other accidents.
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction to Ativan: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
-The daily dosage may vary from 1 to 10 mg per day.
-The dosage should be increased gradually when needed to help avoid adverse effects.
-When higher dosage is indicated, the evening dose should be increased before the daytime doses.
-Doses of other injectable central-nervous-system depressant drugs should be reduced.
-For optimum effect, intramuscular drug should be administered at least 2 hours before the anticipated operative procedure.
-Narcotic analgesics should be administered at their usual preoperative time.
-IV: This dose should not ordinarily be exceeded in patients over 50 years of age.
-IV: Larger doses as high as 0.05 mg/kg up to a total of 4 mg may be administered.
-For optimum effect, intravenous drug should be administered 15 to 20 minutes before the anticipated operative procedure.
-Vital signs should be monitored, an unobstructed airway should be maintained, and artificial ventilation equipment should be available.
-When an intravenous port is not available, the IM route may prove useful.
-For elderly or debilitated patients, an initial dosage of 1 to 2 mg/day in divided doses is recommended.


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Home > ATP > Murray will not play double at US open
Andy Murray, the worlds former number 1, says he will play no part in this month's US Open.
The 2012 champion had intended to play in the doubles tournament, but says "doubles is done for me for the time being".
Instead, he will play singles at next week's ATP event in Winston-Salem, before considering entering a tournament on the Challenger Tour during the US Open.
"I'm not going to play doubles at the US Open," Murray told BBC Sport.
After Murray and Feliciano Lopez reached the doubles quarter-finals in Cincinnati he said: "My goal is to get back playing at the level that I want to on the singles court, and I've decided that I need to focus all my energies on that right now,"
So Murray is focusing on his single play, and maybe he strikes to reach the world top 3 again some time soon. We hope!
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For the stars of a show that averaged only 40th in the Nielsens, a quartet of $40,000 cars might seem like an extravagance, but W&G has something money can't buy: momentum. Its well-turned one-liners, whip-crack pacing, and endearing ensemble keep winning over more viewers, making it NBC's biggest potential breakout hit since Friends. Its well-turned one-liners, whip-crack pacing, and endearing ensemble keep winning over more viewers, making it NBC's biggest potential breakout hit since Friends.
But let's shift into reverse for a second: Before Will & Grace premiered last fall, some people were concerned that a sitcom about a homosexual male and his heterosexual female roommate would be "too gay" for an Ellen-weary America. Other people were concerned the show wouldn't be gay enough — with Will remaining eternally celibate. But, ironically, the only legitimate question swirling around W&G during its first season turned out to be, Should the show actually have been called Jack & Karen?
This fall, these four will have all-new living arrangements. Will and Grace, who moved in together after she called off her wedding, will separate — but not by much. She finds a pad across the hall, which allows both to pursue fresh relationships. Last season, Will was recovering from a breakup with a longtime beau, but this fall "we'll see him on lots of dates," says cocreator Max Mutchnick. "We're depicting a very honest gay man, and it's hard to find 'the one."' After his law practice goes belly-up, Will takes a job at a corporate firm where his boss may become a love interest for Grace.
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Insider threats refer to attacks that either originate or receive cooperation (willingly or unwillingly) from sources within an organization.
Malicious activity: Big threat is from within your company
2 min read . Updated: 06 May 2016, 02:58 AM IST Staff Writer
Symantec Corp's report says India ranks third globally and second in Asia-Pacific as a source of overall malicious activity
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Indian organizations were the sixth most targeted by cybercriminals in the Asia-Pacific region in 2015.
Organizations in the country received an average of two attacks in a year, according to the 2016 Internet Security Threat Report by security firm Symantec Corp.
India, according to the report, ranks third globally and second in Asia-Pacific as a source of overall malicious activity. The report also pointed out that every sixth social media scam impacts an Indian.
Insider threat policing and accounting for privileged credentials are security issues organizations feel least-prepared to confront, according to a Forcepoint 2016 Global Threat Report. Insider threats refer to attacks that either originate or receive cooperation (willingly or unwillingly) from sources within an organization. Attackers are targeting insiders within organizations—or via business partners and third-party suppliers—and gaining access to networks by manipulating staff into disclosing their credentials. With these stolen credentials, criminals then move among networks, accessing and removing sensitive data, often going unnoticed until it's too late, the Forcepoint report said.
Breaches caused by insider threats continue to climb, with "accidental insiders" the leading source of problems. Of firms surveyed by consulting firm Forrester that had experienced a breach in 2015, internal incidents were the leading cause, and more than 50% of those were due to inadvertent misuse or user error, known as the "accidental insider".
The increasing popularity of conducting business from personal devices (known as bring your own device or BYOD) adds to the complexity of the insider threat, creating more avenues for hackers to gain a foothold without popping up on the security team's radar.
According to a Ponemon Institute research, sponsored by Forcepoint, employees represent the biggest threat to company security largely because insider abuse can be difficult to detect. This fact was also borne out by the IBM X-Force Research's 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, which stated that "Your next attacker is likely to be someone you thought you could trust".
The insider threat, however, is not just an "IT" issue, according to Forcepoint. It's one that must also involve personnel. An effective insider threat programme incorporates technology controls with risk management plans and employee training on best practices.
Policies: Communicating policies on how technology should be used within the organization from appropriate devices to the handling of data and Internet use.
Processes: Applying appropriate segregation of duties and other checkpoints into processes.
Technology controls: Limiting access according to least privilege principles, based on each individual's assigned role.
Risk management: Identifying and developing a risk management plan to give the highest areas of risk top priority.
Auditing and monitoring: Verifying that each of the key components is effective and meets the organizational needs.


"It's a time that we honor working men and women in America."
District 18 Democratic Idaho Senate candidate Branden Durst flips burgers at today's Labor Day picnic in Boise's Memorial Park.
While today's Labor Day picnic in Boise's Memorial Park was billed as "anything but a political event," the number of candidates milling about the crowd said otherwise.
Democratic congressional hopefuls Nicole LeFavour and Jimmy Farris joined Statehouse candidates and members of local unions at the annual Labor Day picnic to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boise Central Trades and Labor Council. Representatives from the Boise Firefighters Union, local AFL-CIO and other labor groups donated canned goods or money for burgers to benefit the Council's Food Bank.
"There are people who have seen massive losses in their wages. We all know this is bad for the economy. We all are the job creators," said LeFavour. "When we go out to eat, or pay to repair our washing machines, we create the jobs."
Betty Richardson, former chair of the Idaho Industrial Commission and Democratic candidate for District 15's State Senate seat, echoed the sentiments, referring to her father, Fred Hansen, who worked as a logger in north Idaho.
"He taught me that there's always going to be a bit of a tug of war between industry and workers," said Richardson. "The people lose when one side walks away with the rope."
Democrat F. Lawrence Dawson, running for District 12's House Seat 12B, said balance needs to return to the Republican-led Idaho Legislature.
"I see no difference between the Idaho Legislature and the Chicago political machine," said Dawson. "They're just as corrupt."
Democrat Leif Skyving, running for Canyon County's District 10 Senate seat, is challenging Republican Sen. Jim Rice, appointed to replace former Sen. John McGee.
"I'm running in Canyon County, a very conservative area," he said. "The Republicans have had an unbeatable majority for many years. They've developed a culture of corruption and entitlement with no oversight, and no balance."
Richardson also looked at the historical perspective of labor unions in the United States.
"It's a time that we honor working men and women in America," she said. "They brought us the 40-hour work week, child labor laws, overtime laws. Almost every piece of socially progressive legislation has come about because of the efforts of our working men and women."


Upon waking: matcha tea with my 2-minute Almond Milk and little raw, local honey.
Breakfast: My new favorite smoothie! Blueberries, almond butter, vegan protein, greens, cinnamon, and ginger.
Lunch: Salad with mixed greens, grilled veggies (squash and garlic scapes from my CSA), avocado, parsley, and this kalamata olive hummus. Plus a square of ALOHA chocolate. Quick tip: I love substituting hummus and avocado for salad dressing. Mix it up and mash it in a little bit so all your greens are covered in flavor. YUM!
PM Snack: Cucumbers (also from my CSA!) with sea salt and lemon - so delicious and cooling after my relaxing time in the float tank.
Dinner: Met up with a girlfriend and we took dinner down to Brooklyn Bridge Park to enjoy the sunset (it gets me every time). We had a big salad with bok choy, chickpeas, green peas, hemp seeds, avocado, and radishes. I made a quick dressing with lemon juice, tamari (gluten free soy sauce), and fresh basil. Plus kombucha with vodka (interesting combination) and cherries for dessert. I did not take a picture as I was totally enjoying the present moment, but I had the same salad for dinner last week, so that's the picture above.


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I have loved books almost as long as I can remember. Not just reading them -- though I've done a lot of that -- but I have loved the *feel* of them, the smell of paper and ink, the sound of pages turning. I\'ve been repairing old and broken books, and making my own, since I was a kid, forty years or so ago. I\'m mostly self-taught. I am hard on my own books, so the books I make are designed to last. They all have traditional Smyth-sewn bindings. The pages will never fall out. The stitches are very snug, so that the pages will never become loose. I use archival materials: acid-free paper, leather, wood, Daniel Smith\'s Davy boards, Hollander\'s archival PVA book glue. The sewing is done with fine-filament nylon thread -- acid-free, and very tough. I have discovered that these books, once I make them, are hard to let go of. I just love to turn them in my hands this way and that, to feel the soft leather or the light strong wood of the covers, to turn the pages and feel how strong the binding is. But I have let go of them, to customers in the UK, Australia, Italy, Canada, China, Sweden -- and elsewhere. I hope that those who buy my books enjoy the look and feel of them, and enjoy the use of them, as much as I do.


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National Lottery winner scoops £3.8m jackpot for perfect Christmas bonus
Saturday's winning Lotto numbers were 13, 38, 39, 49, 53, 56 – and the bonus number was 59
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One lucky ticket-holder has won a £3.8 million jackpot in Saturday's National Lottery draw - making it the perfect Christmas bonus.
Camelot said the player becomes the third winner on the game this week, after two ticket-holders split the £5.4 million jackpot on Wednesday.
Saturday's winning Lotto numbers were 13, 38, 39, 49, 53, 56 – and the bonus number was 59.
Draw machine Guinevere and set of balls six were used.
National Lottery rules are changing from next year with warning issued to shops
Unclaimed £1m Euromillions prize on ticket bought 30 minutes from Birmingham
Andy Carter, senior winners adviser, said: "Players are being urged to check their tickets online via the National Lottery app or website, or in their local shop, and to give us a call as soon as possible to claim this massive prize."
The jackpot was won by a single ticket-holder matching all six main numbers, while one person netted the second prize of £1 million after matching five numbers and the bonus ball.
One person won the Thunderball jackpot of £500,000 after matching all five numbers and the Thunderball.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 10, 16, 24, 37, 39 and the Thunderball was 12.
A record Euromillions £175 million prize was won by a ticket-holder in France on Friday.


The RAF plans to introduce a new generation of strike drones that fly for twice as long as those they are replacing.
The American-made Protector drones will provide a "significantly enhanced capability", including bigger and more sophisticated weapon payloads.
They will come into service by 2024, replacing the Reaper drones, the first of which was decommissioned this month. The remaining nine, which have been used over Syria and Iraq, will be retired when no longer needed.
An order for 16 Protector drones has been agreed at a cost of £400 million, with an option for a further ten. They will be operated from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, which is undergoing a £90 million revamp, including the building of a hangar, in preparation.


On October 10, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, eleven young men affiliated with show business met at the William Penn Hotel for the first meeting of their newly formed social club. The gentlemen decided on the name "The Variety Club" because they represented a variety of facets of the entertainment business. The club received its official charter from the State of Pittsburgh on October 18, 1928.
"Please take care of my baby. Her name is Catherine. I can no longer take care of her. I have eight others. My husband is out of work. She was born on Thanksgiving Day. I have always heard of the goodness of show business and I pray to God that you will look out for her. — A Heart-Broken Mother"
After a thorough search of the areas found no trace of the mother, the Variety Club members agreed to act as her "Godfathers," underwriting her support and education. In honor of the Variety Club and the Sheridan Theatre, the baby was named "Catherine Variety Sheridan."
Variety's first banquet was held under a "Circus Big Top" — complete with circus acts, sideshows, popcorn and cotton candy. The insignia for the affair was a mustached "barker" wearing a high silk hat. This enormously successful event was the beginning of Variety's circus tradition: the Barker became the official logo, each chapter was called a "Tent," its members were "Barkers," the president, the "Chief Barker," the treasurer, "Dough Boy," and the secretary, "Property Master."
News about the decision by Variety's founding fathers to care for a child captured the hearts of the community. Before long, more clothes, food, money and toys were collected than any one child would ever need, so Variety proposed to use the surplus to help other disadvantaged children. From this humble beginning this small group of dedicated individuals has grown into a multinational children's charity with chapters in 14 countries around the world.
When Catherine was five, her foster parents were selected from more than 300 applicants in a location away from Pittsburgh and her anonymity was preserved in her best interest. Her new family changed her name to Joan.
She later served her country as an officer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict and as a registered nurse in Vietnam. Joan raised a family of her own and spent much time working with children. She took great pride in the fact that she had "started it all".
As Mrs. Joan Mrlik, she lived in Charleston, South Carolina, where she died of cancer in 1994. Her inspirational story that motivated the establishment of Variety the Children's Charity lives on. Her memory remains strong in the hearts of every member of the Variety family.
Top: The eleven founding members in 1927, with Catherine firmly in the group's care. Bottom: Mrs. Joan Mrlik (Catherine Variety Sheridan) pictured in 1994.
Copyright © 2009 Variety - The Children's Charity, Variety of Eastern Tennessee. All Rights Reserved.


Toija Cinque is a Senior Lecturer, Course Chair and Course Discipline Adviser in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University, Australia. Cinque's most recent book is Communication, New Media and Everyday Life, 2011. She edits the journal New Scholar: An International Journal of the Humanities, Creative Arts and Social Sciences. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
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Auckland alt/psych/rock trio The Roulettes will be making a rare appearance in the capital, playing Meow, Saturday 19th May. They will be joined by Wellington's post-rock shoe-gazers Kosmo-0.
If you love high energy, post-punk, post-pop, clanging, jangling guitar and chiming pop tunes, The Roulettes will be right up your alley.


Swift codes, sometimes referred to as a BIC code, allow you to make an international wire transfer. Compared to routing numbers which allow you to make wire transfers domestically, Swift codes are only used for making international transfers. If you want to send or receive money internationally to a bank account held with ALJBA ALLIANCE, your bank will ask for the Swift code(s) listed below..
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Q: C# base constructor determination Can I choose a base constructor based on some non-instance related conditions in C#? If I can't, any idea to meet my requirement? Thanks!
class X {}

class Y {}

class A {
    public A(X x) {}
    public A(Y y) {}
    // I don't want to add another constructor with an optional argument
}

class B : A {
    private static y = new Y();
    // I want to call different base constructor based on the value of argument `x`
    public B(X x=null) : base(x!=null? (X)x: (Y)y) {} // x, y here doesn't related to any instance
}

A: It sounds like you're looking for a Factory method:

https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns/factory-method/csharp/example
Factory method is a creational design pattern which solves the problem
of creating product objects without specifying their concrete classes.
Factory Method defines a method, which should be used for creating
objects instead of direct constructor call (new operator). Subclasses
can override this method to change the class of objects that will be
created.

Here's a good example in C#:
Factory Method Design Pattern In C#

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pretoria - The crash with the historic Convair in South Africa has demanded a second life. It is a South African who was present in the building against which the plane crashed. That is what Peter Mashaba of the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SAACAA) says. This service investigates the accident.
According to South African media, another ten people were injured in that building. Three Dutch employees of the Aviodrome aviation museum, who were in the aircraft, were slightly injured due to the crash. A passenger, presumably the pilot, was killed. There were nine people on the plane according to Aviodrome.
Mashaba can not say anything about the identity and nationality of the victim on the plane.
The crash happened during a test flight. Three Dutch employees of Aviodrome, technicians, were in the phone and were slightly injured, according to a spokeswoman for the theme park. The three suffered relatively minor injuries. For example, one of them has a broken arm.
Aviodrome recently acquired the device. The intention was that this summer it would fly to the Netherlands in several stages. When it went wrong during takeoff during a test flight on Tuesday, South African technicians were among them.
Aviodrome boss Serena van Kammen left for South Africa on Wednesday morning to assist the employees.


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Q: Check if value in list I'm attempting to check if a string element(s) are contained in a list.
Code :
if('a' in ['notin']):
    print('test')

Does not print a value, which makes sense.
Code :
if('a' or 'b' or 'c' in ['notin']):
    print('test')

prints test . Why is 'test' printed as a , b or c is not in notin ?
I'm not implementing this conditional correctly ?
This is not a duplicate question as solution based on reading comments I've written is unique :
if any (t in ['a' , 'b' , 'c'] for t in ['a' , 'b']) :
    print('in list')

if not any (t in ['a' , 'b' , 'c'] for t in ['d' , 'e']) :
    print('not in list')

A: The reason you get test showing is that the evaluation is seen as
((('c' in 'notin') or 'b') or 'a')
((( FALSE ) or TRUE ) or TRUE )

since
if ('b'):
    print ('test')

evaluates to 'TRUE' and prints 'test' so does your sample.  The short answer is yes you implemented your conditional incorrectly.


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public class StatusOkay extends Status {

    public StatusOkay (GameModel model) {
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    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return Constants.STATUS_OKAY;
    }
}

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The differing destinations around the world have always intrigued me. Leaning about different cultures and landscapes and how they were formed I find incredibly informative and interesting. Despite how stunning some of the resorts are across the globe it's the areas that encourage the great outdoors like Yosemite National Park that appeal to me the most. I studied Travel & Tourism in college which enforced my view that my passion was going to be my career.
Last year me and a few friends hired a car and travelled around the southeast corner of Spain. We explored this picturesque coastline from Malaga down to Estepona where we found a peaceful shipping port with numerous restaurants and bars to relax during the sunset and enjoy some incredible seafood.
I visited Zimbabwe for nearly a month to see my family who lived out there. I had the opportunity to see Victoria falls, a number of game reserves, stunning hotels and we also spent a week on a boat on Lake Kariba. I slept on the top deck with nothing but a mosquito net between me and the stars, only to be woken up by lions about 100m away.
I'd have to say Las Vegas, I saw the Clique Du Soleil show Le Reve at the Wynn's theatre (real edge of your seat stuff), I landed in the iconic Grand Canyon after a helicopter tour with Maverick, and I also enjoyed a steak dinner at Smith & Wollensky's where my chef was my waiter. What impressed me most about Las Vegas is that it has the attractions, facilities and service to appeal to everyone of all ages and backgrounds.
Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas – I stayed in a studio terrace at the contemporary and well located Cosmopolitan hotel which is one of only a few strip based hotels that offer balconies. this hotel's location in the middle of the strip next to the Bellagio is perfect. It also has a buffet restaurant called the Wicked Spoon which offers Champagne and Lobster; I soon discovered this to be one of the quickest ways to my heart.


The campsite at Leroo-La-Tau was located on the inside of a very sharp bend in the river resulting in it being low-lying on the gently sloped banks of the riverbed and the channel was also incredibly narrow at that point and the cliffs on the opposite bank were sharp and high. Probably also due to the sharpness of the bend the stream, when it used to carry water, it had cut away at the bed deepening and etching away at the floor creating pools that were deeper than normally found in our area. The underground stream surfaced here creating pools that although muddy in places provided a substantial amount of surface water in these desperate times. In the winter time when the Zebra and Wildebeest came to the Boteti this was one of the most reliable natural water points in this part of the Boteti and therefore one of the favourite lion hangouts.
We were working at the lodge, just half a km north of the campsite, and in the June – July South African school holidays, our campsite had developed a reputation for being a great place for South Africans to enjoy the bush. I remember a group that came by that July. There were 5 adults and they spent had 3 or so nights in the campsite. We got to know them quite well as we took them on numerous game drives during their stay. On their last day on their departure, they came up to the lodge to wish us goodbye, and while doing so they told us the following story. It is not a personal experience, but well worth the telling.
A little history. There were 2 couples and a single man in the group. They were travelling in 2 vehicles, each of which had a rooftop tent, one for each couple. It seemed that the single man, was a late inclusion to the trip and so was a little unprepared. The tent he had been given was one of those tents made as a 2 man tent, you will know the type I am talking about if you have ever slept in one. They say they can sleep 2 people but if you are a solid South African male, the tent fits you like a sock.
Now, the group had arranged their campsite South African style, like laagering the wagons, and in such a way where the vehicles faced the fire side on to provide some protection from the cold and also to provide a security backing to the bush on one side of the fire. The little 2 man "A" shaped tent was placed between the 2 vehicles with its opening end facing the fire and it was this mans job to keep the fire going throughout the cold, cold nights. The group had placed their bundles of wood along one side of the tent. The man, and only because I can't remember his name, lets call him Jan van Wyk, had developed a regular fire maintenance routine in the previous 2 nights of opening the tent zip, reaching over to his right without fully waking up, grabbing a log from the pile and crawling to the fire where he would place the log on the coals to keep them going, and then to save time and effort, he would simply reverse back into his tent. It seemed to have been working well.
On this third night, it was blistering cold with a cold front moving across Southern Africa from the South Atlantic. There was talk of snow on the Drakensberg mountains. We always knew that 2 or 3 days later the cold would reach us and it had done so. Jan spent a lot of time keeping the fire going so was not getting much sleep. He claims that around 2 in the morning, he crawls out of his sock tent, leans to the right, grabs a log from the pile and heads to the fire on all fours. En-route to the fire he realises all is not as it should be, there is something remiss in his surroundings and it was lying along the left-hand side of his tent, the opposite side to the bundle of firewood. In his sleep-deprived state and with a slow reaction time, things were taking time to register. Still on his way to the fire to deposit his log, it sinks in that this out of place shape on the left-hand side of his tent is watching him. It slowly dawns on him that the big tawny shape watching him can only be one thing.
Jan was now at the furthest reach of his journey away from the protection of his tent however small it may be. Jan recalled that when he realised this, there were only 2 options racing around his brain and these were, "pretend you didn't see it" and "run like hell". Only one of these options would help him survive the night. Jan opted for, "pretend you didn't see it" figuring that as he didn't know how long the lioness had been there, and how many trips to the fire she had witnessed already, why change the recipe.
It sounded like when playing hide and seek with young kids, when they cover their eyes they think that as they can't see you, that you can't see them either. Jan closed his eyes, probably muttered a healthy prayer under his breath, didn't turn round and just reversed back into his tent where he lay down knowing he was as far away from this lioness as the thickness of his pyjamas and the canvas of his tent. He was very tense. As the fire died down and it got colder, Jan now firmly refusing to leave his tent to put more logs on it, the lioness, seeking warmth, leaned in closer. As she leaned in closer, Jan tried to move away from her finding his sock-like tent and the bundles of firewood restricting his escape.
Van Wyk's Choice was no better than Hobson's at this point.
Jan says he kept telling the lioness to go away. He used the Afrikaans "voetsek" as one would to a dog, but while to a dog you can shout it out, to a lion, …………….. you have to whisper. It didn't work though. His friends claimed to have woken up to Jan's desperate and quiet "voetsek, voetsek" noises, but thought he was sleep talking and so hadn't bothered to even look out the window at him. They just went back to sleep leaving Jan to be cuddled by his new friend. Jan claims it was a long night and that just before dawn the lioness got up and left him. He says that in a way it was his warmest night he had experienced at our campsite, but he would have preferred to have been cold.


Hong Kong's housing price trend is a constant discussion topic. Housing prices had been on rising streak for 28 months until August 2018 when there were signs of a correction. We conduct a series of simple correlation analyses to see which factor impacts housing prices the most.


We loved being a part of Jessica and Brad's special day in July. Vibrant greens, mixed neutrals and a fresh blue made for the loveliest palette. Upstate iDo's vision for the space was executed flawlessly, and we were happy to help create a lush, garden feel in this industrial loft.


There's a lot of appeal to car travel, and few modes of transport that will offer the same control and freedom to explore. On the other hand, most people who like to road trip will eventually run into some common pitfalls, like traffic issues, car trouble or general tension with your companions. A road trip can be spontaneous, but if you're itching to light out for more than a few days, good planning will make all the difference between fond memories and a frustrating experience.
Sounds simple, but it often takes a back seat to all your other road trip plans, and you'll soon regret the extra mess. Things tend to pile up quickly, so make space for them by cleaning under the seats, emptying out the glove box and removing any unnecessary items from the trunk before you hit the road. Once you're on the road, get in the habit of cleaning up now and then. The more litter in your car, the more dirt and grime can collect, and the less comfortable everyone will be. Keep at least one bag for garbage in the front and one in the back, and it's a good idea to pack some extra-large resealable bags to keep dirty or wet stuff separate.
A strict schedule is out of the question, since you're bound to run into delays and detours. On the other hand, playing everything by ear can leave you in some tight spots, especially if it's tourist season: your carefree attitude will fly out the window when you're competing for hotel rooms, having to settle for dirty diners, or backtracking through rather busy country roads.
Instead, reserve hotels in advance, but give yourself more time than you think you'll need between each and every stop. It's better to arrive early and take some down time than to miss out on the sights (or reservations) you had planned on.
It's fine to lean on your GPS for direction, but be careful not to rely too much on that one resource. Pack more maps for backup, but also for some extra information.
A detailed road map is always a good idea, but consider bringing along trail maps, scenic driving routes and local guide books in case you get the itch to go a bit off your pre-planned course. This way, you'll have the freedom to explore areas further without having to stop at every gas station or roadside stand for directions.
4. Create a Road Trip Survival Kit.
You hope you won't have to use it, but you'll sure be glad you have it if things go wrong. Besides the standard lanterns and blankets, include a phone card (in case your cell coverage isn't quite good enough), extra water, toys (if you're traveling with kids) and maybe a bit of cash. Ensure another passenger has a second set of keys, in case something happens to yours. And don't forget the wet wipes – they're the best way to clean and refresh when you're living in close quarters with no running water. If you're driving through a foreign country, be sure you have all the necessary paperwork an official may want to see. Do your research well before you hit the road, since some documents can take quite some time to get in order.
This relates to the flexibility issue: be reasonable with your budget, so you can get through the road trip comfortably. Before you leave, work out your hotel costs (since you will have reserved in advance, this shouldn't be much of a problem), and calculate your miles and approximately how much gas you'll need to buy along the way. Give yourself a daily food budget rather than trying to work out how much you'll spend at each restaurant and grocery store. Finally, be sure to include a little extra in case you find a neat souvenir or come across a festival or event that's worth seeing.
It's tenet of overseas travel, but it applies to car trips, too. Consider that you'll be spending lots of time in a tiny space with other people, and the more room your suitcase fills, the less room you have to stretch out and move around. Unless you're using a big van, cut your traveling closet down to a few full outfits, and then throw in a couple of extra versatile pieces. Laundromats aren't so hard to find in most cities, so plan to do some laundry on your way.
Whether traveling with friends or family, it pays to give some extra attention to their individual personalities, expectations and abilities. Road trips work best when tasks can be delegated and people are happy to pitch in where they can, which means it's important to respect what people are able and willing to do. If a companion tends to get carsick, they may not be your best choice for navigator. If there are kids coming along, stock up on toys and car games, and factor in frequent stops. If you can predict the needs and abilities of the crew, there will surely be more laughing and less moaning.
There's a bit more to a road trip than piling in to a car and putting the petal to the metal. Luckily, a few straightforward preparations are all you need to stay happy and comfortable the whole way – in the end, you'll only need to devote a few extra hours to this basic checklist before you can hit the road, worry-free.


The new deal between Skype and the social network turns Facebook into a telecommunications giant.
On Wednesday Facebook and Skype announced that you can now make free video calls to friends in Facebook. It radically simplifies the process of conducting video conversations and will enable even the most gadget-challenged to use this sophisticated modern technology. And it points toward a near future when Facebook becomes even more embedded into the fabric of modern life.
Facebook and Skype are natural partners. Facebook operates what is essentially a directory of humanity—an index of 750 million people identified by their real names and photos. (CEO Mark Zuckerberg today confirmed that figure for the first time.) Skype, for its part, operates the largest network for online voice and video calling. Doesn't it make sense to combine them to create a better way to find the people we want to talk to?
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz used to rant against something he calls "representational identity"—associating people with numbers, for example, instead of their names. Why should I have to keep track of someone's home number, cell number, work number, Skype address, email address, IM account, Twitter name, and all the other ways they have to label themselves? Why shouldn't we instead be able to simply click on our friend's name and connect to them? That is the breakthrough today's Facebook-Skype announcement points toward, though it by no means gets us all the way there.
After today's announcement, representatives of Skype gave Business Insider the news that the next move for the Skype-Facebook partnership will be to enable you to dial any offline phone number from inside Facebook. This again will make unnecessary the downloads of Skype software and setting up of accounts, which has been required up to now and which surely deterred many millions from trying this useful service. And here Skype will begin to see a financial benefit from its partnership with Facebook. While the new video chat feature is free and is not even branded "Skype," it will cost money to dial a regular phone from inside Facebook, just as Skype today charges a few pennies a minute for dialing outside numbers using its regular service. Facebook will likely require users to pay with the internal Facebook currency it calls Credits, bolstering that product's usefulness.
Another inevitable development in the near-term will be enabling us to make voice or video calls to anyone on our Facebook friend list—or potentially anyone at all inside Facebook—merely by clicking on their name. This will strike another major blow against "representational identity" and when it happens will almost certainly be wildly popular. Such a move would effectively convert Facebook into a better interface for Skype, but make unnecessary those Skype addresses and the hassles of setting up an account. And of course this will be most useful when it is possible not just on our PCs but on our mobile phones, where we are all increasingly doing all our calling. And that, too, is just a matter of time.
It's a clubby deal. Skype is about to be acquired by Microsoft. Microsoft and Facebook are longtime partners. Both Microsoft and Facebook fear and increasingly loathe Google. The Facebook-Skype nexus makes possible features and functions for communication that Google can only dream of. Thus there is great incentive for Skype's new owner to encourage an ever-tighter connection between Facebook and its division.
How all this will eventually dovetail with Microsoft's new partnership with mobile phone maker Nokia and Microsoft's evolution of its own Windows 7 Mobile phone software is anybody's guess, but mark my words—it will somehow dovetail. Perhaps someday soon we will have a Facebook phone manufactured by Nokia powered by Windows that is especially tuned for Skype.
Facebook is becoming a central facility for communications of many sorts—a new kind of telco, you might say. It is a far cry from being merely the Website your kids use to arrange to meet at the mall.
But today it remains trendy for supposedly sophisticated adults still to pooh-pooh Facebook, especially in developed countries like the U.S. and in Western Europe. "It's just a plaything for kids," they say. Or "I don't have time for another form of communication. Why do I need Facebook?" Once Facebook and Skype broaden and deepen their partnership and Facebook becomes the easiest and cheapest place to make any kind of call, that kind of talk is likely to just slowly die away.


▪ The Major League Baseball draft started Thursday night, and the Philadelphia Phillies took California high schooler Mickey Moniak with the first-overall pick. The La Costa Canyon High School star became the first prep outfielder chosen No.1 overall since Delmon Young in 2003.
The 6-foot-2, left-handed hitting Moniak wasn't a lock at No. 1, but that's partially because there was no consensus star in this draft.
For the complete top-10 results, click here.
▪ Sticking with baseball, it was a bad day for 34-year-old former San Francisco Giants and most recently Iowa Cubs pitcher Jean Machi. He was arrested on Thursday morning for public intoxication and urinating in public. The Iowa Cubs, the AAA team for the Chicago Cubs, released Machi prior to his arrest.
Machi won a World Series with the Giants in 2014.
In other Giants news, they'll get to face Dodgers teenage phenom Julio Urias, who is reportedly going to move up in the rotation and start on Sunday against San Francisco in a game that will be televised on ESPN.
▪ In the area of silly-rule-making, the NFL decided that a simple coin toss isn't fair — a coin now must turn over in the air before landing. The new rule is likely in response to the the incident in overtime of the Green Bay Packers-Arizona Cardinals playoff game.
▪ It's been a rough go for the U.S. soccer national team lately, with head coach Jurgen Klinsmann coming under fire and — finally — receiving some criticism from U.S. Soccer boss Sunil Gulati. Question remains, did their rout of Costa Rica Wednesday mean their struggles are over? It seems that question will be answered Saturday in their final Copa America Centenario group match against Paraguay. Gulati also shared his opinions of Donald Trump because why not?


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Many thanks to everyone who supported us and to everyone at Help For Heroes and Tesco Middlewich.
We collected £285. 69 for this very worthwhile cause.
Beverley Innes has asked us for help with this Middlewich mystery, after picking up these heavy brass caps, inscribed with the words 'J. Henshall, Builder, Middlewich' at an antiques market in Ludlow, Shropshire.
They're 7cm high and 6cm wide (that's 2 and-a-half inches x 2 and-a-bit inches in old money).
But what were they used for?
And who were Henshall's Builders in Middlewich?
We know that Henshall is a common Middlewich name.
There were property owners in Webbs Lane right up until the 1970s with the names 'Mrs Yoxall and Mr Henshall', and one of the marshalls during the town's Relief of Mafeking Celebrations was a Mr Henshall.
But what of Henshall the Builders?
Where were they situated, and what would they have used these brass caps for?
Beverly would love to know, and so would we.
If you've any idea, get in touch through the usual channels.
It's very likely that that is exactly what these interesting brass caps are, and that 'Henshall, Builder' does not refer to a 'builder' in the general sense, but to the builder of a horse-drawn vehicle!
Labels: BRASS CAPS, HENSHALL BUILDERS, INNES BEVERLEY, MIDDLEWICH MYSTERY.
Here's a piece of real Middlewich history, taken from our family's private collection. It pinpoints a moment in time; a moment when, for one Middlewich worker at least, it became clear that times were changing and that what had seemed like a secure and reliable job would soon be no more.
The letterhead itself is worthy of note, as it's that of the Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. Nestle and Anglo-Swiss had been great rivals in the nineteenth century (Middlewich's Anglo-Swiss factory having been built in 1872) but merged in 1905.
Until the 1930s the 'milk factory' was a major Middlewich employer and was supplied with milk by numerous farmers in the rural districts surrounding the town.
According to Allan Earl in Middlewich 1900-1950 (Cheshire Country Publishing 1994),on cattle auction days, which were also normal market days, the town was alive with livestock and with farmers taking churns full of milk to the Webbs Lane factory. The queues would stretch down Finneys Lane, and all the way down Webbs Lane into Pepper Street.
Relations between the factory and the farmers were not always harmonious, though; in 1912 a dispute arose over the price the factory was prepared to pay for milk and continued for weeks, with the local tradespeople complaining that the business they normally enjoyed from the farmers was severely curtailed as they had not been coming into Middlewich to take milk to the factory.
The same thing happened again during World War I when, in 1915, the factory tried to reduce the price it was prepared to pay for the farmers' milk.
The surplus milk which the factory wouldn't buy was made into cheese which was then auctioned to help the war effort.
Then, in August 1931, it was announced that the factory was to close.
The company had been experiencing problems with, among other things, brine subsidence, which led to a loss in production and thus profits.
You'll notice that the letter which William Shore received makes no mention of a permanent closure but talks of a temporary termination of his employment. Perhaps someone thought the situation might change? And the fact that William's address (actually in New King Street) is not given leads us to suppose that the letter was passed to him by hand at the factory. In the present day, he'd probably have been sent a text message.
Incidentally, from the perspective of 2016, it's interesting to note that quite a few companies had problems in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Among them was the Electro-Bleach Company in Cledford Lane, which was closed and demolished in 1929.
This was on the site that, after nearly becoming ERF Ltd's works in 1933, later became the Royal Venton Pottery Works and is currently (and very controversially) about to be turned into the ANSA Waste Recycling Facility.
Naturally many local farmers were affected by the closure of the 'milk factory' (100 of them according to Allan Earl) as were 180 employees of the company, among them William Shore, who received the above letter just a week after the farmers' contracts expired at the end of September that year.
Reading about local history is always interesting, if you're that way inclined; but to read about a pivotal event in Middlewich history from a letter like this - to read it straight from the horse's mouth, just as William Shore would have done eighty-five years ago, is almost startling.
Incidentally, this is the same William Shore we heard about here.
In 1932 the Condensed Milk Factory became a silk mill.
With grateful acknowledgments to Allan Earl.
Sheila Hardy I lived in Webbs Lane and my Mum worked at the factory. I remember it so well, passing it and going over the bridge (trying to peep in at the windows) on our way to play up the River Dane. Such happy days! Thanks for that!
Our masthead for Summer 2013 featured a photograph by local photographer Bill Armsden taken on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
The bridge, one of many of this style in the district is, unusually, not whitewashed like most such structures. It carries the back road, Coal Pit Lane, which runs from Chester Road to Stanthorne Crossroads near Wimboldsley.
Many people have remarked on the beauty of Britain's canals in modern times and the contrast between their appearance during the industrial era and in the present day.
But in fact, the SUC Middlewich Branch has always been almost completely rural in character. It was built to link the Shropshire Union and Trent & Mersey canals together (the link , of course, only being properly completed in 1829 with the building of the Wardle Canal at the Middlewich end).
The only industry we can think of on the banks of the branch canal is the tannery in Sutton Lane which later became home to Sutton Lane Engineering and is now the site of Waterside Mews, and it is doubtful if this made much, if any, use of the canal.
If you own the copyright on this photograph, please let us know.
We're dating this photo from the Paul Hough Collection as 1973 because of the tell-tale signs of recent demolition to the right. It's the unmistakeable frontage of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Lewin Street, with its 'four-pronged' tower.
Of the buildings in this part of Lewin Street, Seddon's wagon repair shop and associated buildings, which were to the right of this splendid building, were the first to go - a fact that enabled us to more accurately date this slide by Jack Stanier - and the few bits of rubble on the right are all that was left of those buildings when this photograph was taken.
The church was built of a particularly attractive type of red brick with stone trimmings and, when the weather conditions were right, perhaps towards sunset on a Summer day, looked positively resplendent.
In its heyday the interior of the church was as magnificent as its exterior.
Although this poor quality image can't really do it justice, you can get something of an inkling of the Victorian splendour of the inside of the church.
According to information obtained in the 1990s from Messrs Andrews and Williams, authors of a book about Middlewich, several features of the interior were saved and can be found in other places of worship: The pipe organ was installed in Lostock Gralam Chapel; several pews found their way to Rudheath and Lach Dennis, and a prayer desk from the church is now in the Lady Chapel, across the road at St Michael & All Angels.
As regular Middlewich Diary readers will know, the Salinae Centre and its associated grounds now occupy this site, as mentioned in this entry showing the Seddon's site next door.
To see how the chapel fitted into its surroundings see this entry.
This attractive building replaced an earlier one on the same site.
The original Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Lewin Street (Photo courtesy of Paul Hurley/Mid-Cheshire Through Time). According to Allan Earl this building was demolished 'around 1905'.
Geraldine Williams Brings back memories of my Gran. It was on her circuit of all the harvest festivals in the town.
Might it have been built at the same time as the Victoria Building (Technical School) - a similar ornate red-brick edifice which was, presumably, a Diamond Jubilee commemoration of something similar?
Jain Talbot Why was it pulled down? Such a beautiful building.
Dave Roberts In common with all the buildings in that part of Lewin Street it had become unsafe. This chapel, and the adjacent school, were large, heavy buildings, and the ground they were built on unstable. It also sloped steeply away from road level down to what had been the Croco Valley (shared with the canal by the time these buildings were erected). You'll notice that Salinae has been built at a lower level to partly compensate for the slope.
Our masthead for July 2016 features one of those 'once in a lifetime' photos as a double rainbow over Middlewich is captured by Jennifer Jane Snelson.
A typical English summer evening, the 1st of July, and the usual combination of driving rain and sunny intervals brought the familiar phenomenon about.
Jennifer Jane was in the right place at the right time and managed to capture the rainbows arching over the Parish Church in the leaden Middlewich skies, while evening sunshine bathes the town centre in light.


– In earlier das, 1. April looked very different. Servants become masters and on the contrary. Masters used to have obey the servants.
– children dress on Halloween costumes and go from house to house knocking at the door and saying "Trick or treat!". People give then some sweets or money. But if the children are not treated, they soup the windows of house and car or sprite the water to owners face.


Preliminary face recognition grand challenge results / P. Jonathon Phillips; P. J. Flynn; Todd Scruggs; Kevin Bowyer; William Worek.
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Fred Talley (born November 6, 1980) is an American football running back. He played collegiately for the Arkansas Razorbacks from 1999-2002.

Career

College
Fred Talley was a tailback in Longview, Texas, where he played for Robert Bero, former coach of the Longview High School Lobos, leading his high school team to a state runner-up finish and a #3 national ranking as a junior.

Originally signed by the University of Arkansas as a defensive back, Talley was later moved to running back where he had a very productive career. As a sophomore in 2000, Talley rushed 768 yards and five touchdowns despite playing in only eight games, helping the Razorbacks reach the Las Vegas Bowl.  He was named Second Team All-SEC by the coaches in 2001 after running for 774 yards and four touchdowns. The Razorbacks later faced the Oklahoma Sooners in the Cotton Bowl Classic, losing 10-3.

Talley rushed for 1119 yards as a senior in 2002, averaging 5.7 yards per carry. Half of Talley's season total was gained during a three-game stretch against Auburn (241 yards), Kentucky (182 yards), and Ole Miss (136 yards). Talley's rushing yardage against Auburn is the third-highest in school history, behind Darren McFadden and Dickey Morton. In the Razorbacks 2002 season finale, Talley rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown against LSU. Arkansas won the game, nicknamed the "Miracle on Markham," by a score of 21-20, propelling them to the SEC Championship Game, which they lost to the University of Georgia 30-3. Talley was also voted First Team All-SEC by the coaches and Second Team by the Associated Press in 2002.

For his career, Talley ran for 2661 yards (5.3 avg.) and eleven touchdowns. He rushed for 100 yards or more in a game eleven times, including two 200-yard games.

Professional career
Talley was not selected in the 2003 NFL Draft, but was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons. Talley was released during training camp. Talley also had free agent contracts with the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos in 2004 and the Montreal Alouettes for the 2005 season, but was released in the pre-season each time.

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1980 births
Living people
People from Longview, Texas
African-American players of American football
American football running backs
Arkansas Razorbacks football players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
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Yorkshire-based salad cress growers, W.S. Bentley, came to Leeds marketing agency, Pure, to develop a new brand and packaging design for its range of microgreens. With the product scheduled to launch nationally in Waitrose stores, the team had an exciting brief on their hands.
After developing the brand – B Sow Healthy – which provided a subtle nod to the 'B' within the company name, the health benefits of the product and the action of sowing seeds, the design team was ready to get started on the packaging.
Two visuals were created, one for the microgreens triple pack and another for the individual punnets. The triple pack was developed to hold three varieties of the tiny crops, a mixture of either purple radish, garlic chives, red mustard, pink radish, rocket and mixed mustard.
A black cardboard carrier was created with a vibrant green 'B' logo present on both sides. The inspiration for the logo was taken from the product itself, as tiny microgreen shoots were used to form the letter 'B'. With a microgreens leaf pattern trimming the bottom of the box, the design was purposefully subtle and clean to reflect the nature of the delicate salad-based product.
A strap was also developed to form a handle for the carrier box, marked with text in a script font, 'Microgreens. Micro in size massive in flavour'. The individual punnets followed the same strap design in a reduced size.
Alongside the branding and packaging project, Pure Agency's web team created a blog-style recipe website for the new brand, to help change consumer perceptions of salad cress along with introducing new salad items that the W.S. Bentley team grows. Pure's PR and Social Media team also launched and manages social channels, to share the recipes and encourage engagement. Take a look at the project to read more about it.


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The Whisky-a-Go-Go: LA's Contribution to Rock 'n Roll History
The Iconic Whisky-a-Go-Go Exterior
Fun Facts About LA's Whisky-a-Go-Go
The Whisky A-Go-Go, at 8901 Sunset Blvd at Clark, West Hollywood, CA became the principal hangout of Sunset Strip musicians and hipsters in the 1960s
The 1967 film The Graduate features Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin running out its doors into the street
Johnny Rivers was the first sensation to come out of the club, soon after it opened
The 'trend' of having a mini-skirted girl dancing above the crowd in a cage got its start at the club
The Whisky always had two or three bands playing, but they were not always billed.
Often the unbilled bands were simply local bands, but it being Hollywood and all, sometimes unbilled local groups acting as the house band went on to become hugely famous (like The Doors)
At times, the billed bands couldn't make it, and another band was substituted. While this is common in nightclubs, what was uncommon about the Whisky was that the band substituting could be just as good or better, and possibly even better-known, than the band it was replacing
It was not uncommon for a group to be booked for a week at the Whisky and then to skip a night for a larger gig
The Whisky, in its heyday, was open six or seven nights a week
When no one well-known was billed, local groups from LA would play
A partial list of the acts that played at the Whisky – it is literally a "Who's Who" of Rock 'n Roll:
Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship/Starship)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Lemon Pipers
Chicago Transit Authority (later Chicago)
Count Bassie
Junior Walker
Sha na na
The Five Stairsteps
J Giles Band
Brownsville Station
Elvin Bishop
Edgar Winters
Iggy and the Stooges
Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan)
Guns 'n Roses
and many, many more…
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In Japan, it's bad enough dodging twisted game shows aimed at public humiliation, but Japanese myth makers seem to delight in creating terrifying tales of spirits.
There are actually three kamaitachis, which literally translates to "sickle weasel." It's believed that the three are brothers, and they go around Japan cutting people's legs off. The first weasel is there to knock the person down, the second does the cutting while the person is down, and the third sets to work sewing up the wounds. It's said that the weasels move so fast that one can blink and miss them.
There is a legend of a woman who is half-spider. She seduces men with her top half, which often appears as a beautiful woman. When the men fall for her trap, she wraps them in webbing and poisons them to death before eating them. She is also said to appear as a woman holding a baby. She will ask men to hold her baby, which is when the man learns that the baby is actually a cluster of spider eggs that burst open.
More of a legend than a myth, Teke Teke is thekami of a girl who was cut in half by an oncoming train, after she tripped on some train tracks. She looks for others to share her fate, usually sawing people in half with a great scythe. There is a related rumor of a similar girl who asks people in bathroom stalls if they have found her legs. If they do not respond with the proper train station where she was cut, the spirit takes their legs.


It's not just adults that need to drastically lower their sugar intake. Reducing sugar is super important for our children too.
Sugar has been linked to tons of health and behavioral issues in children.
Their little bodies and minds are working so hard to grow and develop. They need the best fuel possible, and sugar is definitely not it.
Problem is that most children are IN LOVE with sugar, and the food companies know it. Packaging for sugar filled items is plastered with characters that they know and love, and they are all kept right at their eye-level in the hopes that you'll cave when the 'I want Froot Looooooooops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' meltdown ensues.
So how are we supposed to compete with all of this??
While I can't promise that the meltdowns won't still happen, there ARE some ways that we can reduce some of our children's sugar intake without too much of a fuss.
Drinks and Juices: This is probably the biggest culprit of sugar in our children's diet. They ingest SO much sugar via beverages. So the first tip is to limit juice to mealtimes. As an alternative, fruit-infused waters are great for between-meal drinks. Just float some fruit (my kids like berries or oranges best) in a pitcher of water to infuse it with both flavor and nutrients. I've found that they are more excited to drink this than plain water.
Secondly, be sure to water juices down when you do serve them. I have always cut my children's juice with water at a 1:1 ratio, so they are used to it, but if your children are older you may want to start with 2:1 to get them accustomed to it. My older children now find full strength juice too sweet since they are so used to drinking it diluted. Yay!
You may also want to try diluting it with seltzer water (not tonic!). My four year old thinks 'fizzy juice' is a special treat. 🙂 This mixture is also a great substitute for soda!
Fun straws or cups reserved only for these types of beverages can be encouraging too.
Popsicles and Ice Cream: If your kids love frozen treats, then you are in luck because this one is an easy switch! Frozen fruits puree beautifully into creamy treats, and they don't take long to make!
Need popsicle molds? You can find my faves right here.
Yogurt: Yogurt is healthy, right? Unfortunately most times this is not true. 'Children's yogurt is FULL of sugar and artificial colors. 🙁 But the good news is that there are healthier options! Woohoo!
The best option is to buy plain yogurt, sweeten it with honey or real maple syrup, and top with (or mix in) some fruit.
There are some decent packaged options too though. My favorite Is Stonyfield brand. Both their Yo Baby and Yo Kids yogurts are organic and free from artificial colors. artificial flavors, and high fructose corn syrup.
Siggi's brand is a good one as well. Their yogurt contains only natural ingredients, plus they use hormone-free milk and a lot less sugar.
The squeezers also make great desserts if you freeze them!
But what if they are super stuck on cereal?
Fortunately there are some healthier brands. Kashi, Cascadian Farms, and Barbara's all make low sugar varieties with healthy ingredients.
Just be sure to add some fruit or nuts to up the nutritional value.
After-School Snacks: I love keeping a basket of fruit on the kitchen counter. Not only does it look pretty, but it keeps fruit from being 'out of sight, out of mind'. I find that my family reaches for fruit more often if it is always in front of them.
I also have a snack shelf for my five-year-old in the pantry that is full of low-sugar snacks. It works well for a few reasons. First off, he gets a choice. Secondly, he feels empowered because he gets to be the one making the choice. Thirdly, it helps me out because what he can choose from has already been established, so we don't have a battle on our hands about what he can and can't have.
I like to by the stuff for his snack shelf at Trader Joe's because then he can grab one of the little carts and feel like he's shopping for his snacks too, but most of these items (with the exception of the plantain chips) can be found at any grocery store.
There is always fresh fruit and cheese sticks in the fridge that he is free to choose from as well.
Cookies, brownies, etc: This is another category where making your own can make ALL the difference. I typically make one 'treat' on the weekend for us to enjoy throughout the week. Baking with flours such as almond and coconut, and using natural sweeteners such as honey and real maple syrup vastly increases the nutritional value of these goodies, without feeling like you're being deprived.


After the play, the audience gives the actors a round of enthusiastic applause. LES COMÉDIENS DE SOCIÉTÉ, (the amateur comedians) a series of 16 prints which appeared in the CHARIVARI from April to June 1858.This series also existed as an album in-4 cart. This remarkable series dealing with the theater and its surroundings is part of Daumier's real masterpieces. It is quite difficult to find good impressions sur blanc of this series.
Published in: Le Charivari, May 1, 1858.