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TOBB will establish a 'global bridge' for the fastest growing companies
19.05.2019 / Samsun
Under TOBB's leadership, Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies were identified in collaboration with TEPAV. Biomar Sagun Feed Industry, headquartered in Aydın, ranked first by increasing its turnover by 5,324% in two years. Award-winning entrepreneurs and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu posed for a commemorative photo at the end of the meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Samsun Çarşamba Airport. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech during the ceremony, said, "We, as the Turkish business world, continue to work with the same spirit and conviction from 1919 to 2019. 100 years later, we are now fighting for a future in the economic sphere. As the Turkish private sector, we say that if we could do it yesterday, we can do it today. Working together, we will ensure that Turkey becomes one of the world's largest economies and takes its place among the leading nations.
Lead by TOBB in cooperation with TEPAV, taking into account applicant companies' 2015-2017 annual revenue growth, the competition to determine Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies has ended. The results of the competition were announced at a ceremony held in Samsun on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's landing in Samsun to start the War of Independence. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Commerce Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and many Chamber-Exchange Presidents as well as TOBB Women and Young Entrepreneurs Council Presidents.
Hisarcıklıoğlu started his speech his May 19th message. Hisarcıklıoğlu, stating that it is the centennial anniversary of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's landing in in Samsun on May 19th, 1919, beginning the nations Independence War, "May 19th is the first step in our nation's fight to exist who accept no bondage, would never give up their liberty now bow down to persecution. It is an uprising looked upon as an example by the oppressed all over the world. From Samsun, the spark spread out in waves all over Anatolia, launching an epic fight for independence, ensuring the rebirth of a nation from the ashes. We owe this to the War of Independence, which began in 1919 and ended in 1922 with the Great Victory, being recognized throughout the world with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
With infinite and eternal gratitude, we remember Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of our republic, and our sainted veterans and martyrs who put their lives on the line for the freedom of our nation and the independence of our country. We must understand well this spirit of a century ago. The Turkish nation won when it embraced itself; lost as it dissented. With this spirit, sparked in Samsun, this determination and faith, we must win again and embrace each other. With this in mind, in memory of this epic struggle, we will be announcing the fastest growing companies of our country. The Turkey 100 awards ceremony is being held in Samsun on May 19th, 2019. I would like to thank all of our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges hosting us in Samsun today. I also congratulate our women and young entrepreneurs coming from all over Turkey."
- 100 companies' average growth rate is 605%
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the last 2 years' turnover growth rate of the companies were taken into consideration during the preparation of the Turkey 100 list, "The companies that fill this hall have made tremendous achievement in this field. The average growth of Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies in this period is a striking 605%." TOBB President stated that these companies achieved 18 times the national income increase while also increasing production per employee, their efficiency, by 332% on average.
Reporting that in 2017, each company's made sales worth an average of 60 million TRY and that each company has approximately employed 93 people, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, "In the 2015-2017 period, employment of Turkey 100 companies increased by 70%. Of Turkey 100 companies, 63% are engaged in exports. They are exporting goods to 68 countries. I heartily congratulate all of the companies showing such great success and qualifying to enter the Turkey 100. This success certainly does not come by itself. The companies are both young and innovative as well as sustainable. The average age of Turkey 100 companies is 11.5. Turkey 100 companies use digital technology very well; they do not see the resources they devote to the education of employees as a burden but put great importance on it. 10 companies which entered Turkey 100 previous also took place in the 2019 list. Here are two more very important points: the regional distribution of Turkey 100 list is quite remarkable. Apart from the 3 major cities, there are companies from 22 other cities on the list. The rise of Anatolia is clearly seen here as well.
There is also an interesting distribution in terms of sectors. In the list, there are companies from a myriad of sectors such as informatics, telecom, construction, logistics, food, textiles, plastics, machinery.
This diversity is in fact proof that there are opportunities in every sector in our country. It is the best proof that success can be achieved in every sector with the right business model."
- Ingenuity deserves compliment
Stating that there are three reasons why they find Turkey 100 to be so important, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said: "The first is; as our saying goes, 'ingenuity deserves compliment.' Here are those most deserving of compliment: Entrepreneurs who play a pioneering role in the enrichment of this country, pay taxes, produce, export and provide employment. Especially in such periods, we want to thank the companies who achieve great success, to appreciate Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies. Secondly, we want these companies, which are well-managed and bright, to come forward, to open more and to grow further. That is why we're introducing Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies to everyone. We make it easier for investors and customers to reach them.
We want them to be active not only in Turkey, but also abroad. We support this. The third reason we care about this is that in this day, the key to prosperity and development is entrepreneurship. We need more entrepreneurs.
As you know, entrepreneurship is a work of enthusiasm. With Turkey 100 competitions, want to increase the number of our entrepreneurial role models. Every company here wants to be an example to new entrepreneurs. We want all of our youth, our women, to hear their success stories in this hall. They should be more enthusiastic about being an entrepreneur.
- Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan
Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said in her speech, "In order to increase our exports with high added value and branded products, we foresee providing support approximating 3.104 billion TL this year, starting from the SME level and moving towards becoming a corporate and global brand."
Pekcan reported that most of the 20 most profitable companies in the world today are companies producing information technology, technology and high technology; companies which have new entrepreneurship ideas and searches for and invests in new technology, becoming playmakers of the global economy.
In this century where profits and competitiveness through innovation have become one, Pekcan stated that the way to raise Turkey to high income is through improving the country's class innovation and innovative technologies, "This will be possible only by supporting our country's entrepreneurs."
- Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank
In his speech, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank stated, "The second call of the TUBITAK Individual Youth Initiative Program has been concluded. We hope to provide up to 200,000 TRY in grants to 146 young entrepreneurs engaged in technology focused projects."
Varank stated that the fastest growing 100 companies are from 36 different sectors and said:
"Looking at the profiles of Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies determined by TOBB, we see that in 36 different sectors, technology-driven and export-growing firms are at the fore. R&D, innovation and technology-focused, boasting qualified human resources and environmentally-sensitive companies which have grown 18 times faster than Turkey; achieving this as well as increasing their employment. When we look at these 100 companies engaged in exports to 68 countries, on average, they were established 11-12 years ago, the average age of the managers is 46. Taking all this data into account, we see that the formula of healthy growth is technology, qualified manpower, production and export."
- Listed companies increased their employment by 70%
The winner of the Turkey's top 100 fastest growing companies in the competition determined by 2015-2017 turnover was the Aydın based Biomar Sagun Feed Industry Company with a turnover rate of 5,324%. Following it were Optimal Project Management and Construction (4,452%) from Istanbul, Natural Renewable Energy (3,774%) from Ankara, Vergo Energy Systems (3,030%) from İzmir and Profen Defense and Security Technologies from Ankara (2,320%).
The 100 fastest growing companies in Turkey increased their average turnover rate an average of 605% during 2015-2017. The average turnover of the listed companies is 59.8 million TRY.
Nominal income of the companies' is 18 times the increase rate of Turkey's nominal GDP. Companies increased their employment by 70% in 2015 - 2017. 63% of these 100 companies export. In exports, Germany stands out as the preferred target. Export companies are concentrated in the wholesale trade sector. 36 companies from different sectors are in the Turkey 100 list, making exports to 68 different countries.
- Ankara companies on the attack
While Aydın took the top spot in the Turkey 100 Competition, the highest number of companies to enter the rankings were from Istanbul, followed by Ankara with 22 companies, Antalya with 7 companies, Kocaeli with 5 companies, Adana, Bursa and Kahramanmaraş with 4 companies each. The list features companies from 25 different provinces.
- Age of companies
The average age of the fastest growing companies is 11.5. The average age of the CEO is 45.9. The CEO of 10 companies is under 35 years old. Most of the fastest growing companies have a partner from the family or from outside the family. The number of companies with company founders from the same family are 58. The number of companies whose founders are not from the same family are 42.
Number of companies with a single founder are 30. 13 of them are completely under founder control and there is no senior management professionals. The average number of founders in companies 2.4. The number of firms that include professionals in the senior management of the company, besides the founders, is 55.
- Level of education in the first 100
In the fastest growing companies, it is noted that the level of education of the people who are the final decision-makers is high. The most competent person in the list 79 of Turkey 100 companies are graduates of university or higher. The training distribution of the most competent persons is as follows; University graduate 58, doctorate 3, graduate 18, vocational school graduate 3, high school graduate 7, vocational high school graduate 6, elementary school graduate 5.
Companies with employees of university or higher education 51% or more is 42.
- Sector status
Looking at the sectoral breakdown of the Turkey 100 companies, "wholesale trade" took first place with 16 companies. 90% of companies in 2019 aims to increase the number of employees. 77% of the firms pay attention to organize internal and external training activities to increase the qualifications of their employees. Of the 100 fastest growing companies, 35 are helping employees build their own businesses.


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Court-Yard of an Algerian House by Decamp, Part 22 of the Introduction to Art and Artists of Our Time.
From the painting by Alexanddre-Gabriel Decamps.
ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS was born at Paris in 1803, and died in 1860. He was not one of the leaders of the Romantic movement in theory, although he is counted among its chiefs; his way of painting came to him naturally, in the effort to express his love of wild and savage nature. His childhood was spent in an out-of-the-way part of Picardy, where he was sent by his father, and where he grew up with no companions but the children of the peasantry, with whom he roamed the fields, nutting and birds'-nesting, talking patois, and roughing it, as we say, for three years. This was a good thing in some ways, but bad in others; it unfitted him for life in a city; his manners were uncouth, his distaste for the society of educated people increased as he became more and more aware of his want of fitness for it; but the worst of all was, that he had no love of study, and no power of application; he tried to study with Pujol, but he was unfortunate in his teacher, who proved too indulgent, and incapable of making his pupil see the value of hard work. Decamps left his master, and took up life for himself. He painted a number of small pictures to please himself, sold them, and finding life easy on these terms, henceforth followed the bent of his own inclinations. His early life in the wild country had made him fond of adventure, and soon after leaving Pujol's studio, he set out for Switzerland, Italy, and the Levant. His pictures of the East are those by which he is most favorably known, and one of the best of these, "The Turkish Patrol," formerly in the Johnston collection and afterward bought by Miss Wolfe, was bequeathed by her to the Metropolitan Museum. The picture we copy, "A Court in Algiers," is a good example of his picturesque treatment; but it is essentially as a painter that Decamps lives, and the contents of his pictures are of the least importance. It is altogether the way in which he says things that delights us; so far as accuracy goes, or realism, there is no more of that than is necessary; he caught the spirit, the sentiment of a scene, and no matter how wild or savage the landscape, he reported its aspect with the full imagination of the poet. There are many good examples of Decamps in this country, and no one of the Romantics is moreappreciated here. He was killed by a fall from his horse, while hunting in the forest of Fontainebleau.


It is only natural for college kids to get into some trouble during their time in school. College students across the United States often participate in excess partying, underage drinking, and any form of rambunctious and reckless activity. While we generally expect lawful behavior from college students, it is important to remember that most of these partying students can still be teenagers, even though they are legally adults. In spite of this, when the cops come knocking on the door of that party, every student in there could potentially face life-altering criminal charges for what was really just an unfortunate, youthful mistake. In extreme cases, cops can enter and end up brutalizing or attacking students that just thought they were up to a little mischief.
In one recent example of this, a Seattle student at the University of Washington was attacked by overzealous cops and left with several unnecessary injuries. David Pontecorvo was attending a party when police responded to a noise complaint. Police entered the house where the party was being held and made a particularly rough arrest of one of the attendees. David and some other students upon witnessing this, decided to film the officers. They alerted the officers to the fact that they were being filmed, when all of a sudden, the officers turned on David and attacked him. David was left with serious injuries, including a broken nose and cheekbone.
David has since taken legal action against the city of Seattle for the incident, which occurred in 2012. The city settled on an agreement of $100,000 for the lawsuit. What is troubling is that these officers still have not seen any repercussions or consequence for their overly aggressive behavior. All to often we never see officers suffer any sort of actions taken against them for overstepping their bounds or brutalizing the people they arrest. To make matters worse, now two years after the incident, and after the civil trial has concluded, the police that attacked David have not faced any consequences.
According to a report from the Seattle Times, the FBI has since opened up an investigation into the incident. For David, this is a relief, as he is concerned that the police involved have not suffered any disciplinary consequences and are likely still out possibly causing even more injuries to people. With a full investigation, there may finally be some action taken against these violent police.
This story is one that can be all to common on college campuses nationwide. If you are a student and facing charges, don't hesitate to contact an attorney. Criminal charges can be life-altering and severely impact your education and your job search long after. Contact Steve Karimi today to see what your options are.


The House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines are due to tackle Package One-B of the comprehensive tax reform program of the Duterte government as a bicameral conference committee. These are House Bill (HB) Nos. 8645, 4814 and 8554, and, Senate Bill (SB) No. 2059, otherwise known as the Tax Amnesty Act of 2018.
According to the declaration of policy of the respective bills, they collectively aim to enhance the revenue administration and collection of the government by widening the tax base. The earlier concluded HB No. 8554 and 4814 aims to assist with revenue administration and collection for unpaid national internal revenue taxes and estate taxes, respectively. Meanwhile SB No. 2059 and HB No. 8645, both recently-approved on third reading towards the tail-end of November, aim to assist with revenue administration and collection of estate taxes, other internal revenue taxes and tax on delinquencies.
The proposed bills plan to cover estate taxes of decedents who died on or before Dec. 31, 2017, with or without assessments duly issued, or with unpaid estate taxes outstanding as of Dec. 31, 2017. On the other hand, the general tax amnesty is proposed to cover all national internal revenue taxes for taxable year 2017 and prior years, with or without assessments.
Availment of tax amnesty is only the first step, however, as taxpayers still have to comply with documentary requirements to be set by the Department of Finance, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and other concerned government agencies in their implementing rules.
In the case of Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Marubeni, GR No. 137377, dated Dec. 18, 2001, the Supreme court explained that tax amnesty "partakes of an absolute forgiveness or waiver by the government of its right to collect what is due it and to give tax evaders who wish to relent a chance to start with a clean slate." The court expounds in the same case that similar to tax exemptions, the terms of the amnesty must be construed strictly against the taxpayer and liberally in favor of the taxing authority.
In the last tax amnesty law, Republic Act 9480, otherwise known as the Tax Amnesty Act of 2007, any disagreements in the implementation of the law were left up to the courts to settle. In Commissioner of Internal Revenue vs. Covanta Energy Philippine Holdings Inc., G.R. No. 203160, dated Jan. 24, 2018, the Supreme Court affirmed that taxpayers are eligible to the immunities of the government tax amnesty program once all the suspensive conditions imposed under the law and implementing rules were complied by the taxpayer. In the case, the Bureau of Internal Revenue questioned the entitlement of Covanta Energy Philippines Holding, Inc. to tax amnesty for failure to sufficiently comply with documentary requirements under the tax amnesty law. The court pointed out that while the immunities and privileges granted under the tax amnesty law is not absolute, the immunities only cease upon proof of underdeclaration of the taxpayer's net worth by 30 percent and ruled that the documentary requirements were sufficiently complied by the taxpayer.
One potential solution to issues like this from popping up again is the proposal under HB No. 8554 which requires the issuance of a Certificate of Availment of Amnesty within a year of filing of the Tax Amnesty Return. Moreover, it is expected that the bicameral conference committee will also tackle other pains experienced under the previous tax amnesty law program.
While there is yet no indication when the bicameral committee plans to conclude deliberations, the tax amnesty bill would be a welcome present to Filipino taxpayers. We welcome the initiative of the government to ease the burden of taxpayers by promoting tax amnesty and settlement of unpaid taxes which will trickle down to settlement of outstanding tax assessments and court cases. The proposed tax amnesty plan offers a chance to individual and corporate taxpayers to unburden themselves of unpaid taxes and to start the new year with a "clean slate" with respect to their taxes.
Laurice Claire C. Penamante is a supervisor from the tax group of KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. (KPMG RGM&Co.), the Philippine member firm of KPMG International. KPMG RGM&Co. has been recognized as a Tier 1 tax practice and Tier 1 transfer pricing practice by the International Tax Review.


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Q: Aadhar Number Format Validation for HTML Textbox I want aadhar number in format of xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. Text box sholud take the input in this format automatically.
While entering the input the input should automatically convert into this(xxxx-xxxx-xxxx) format.
Only numericals should be accepted.
I want mobile number in format +91(or any other country code)-9999999999(10 digit mobile number).
I have tried /^(?:\(\d{3}\)|\d{3}-)\d{3}-\d{4}$/, but its not working please help

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I want aadhar number in format of xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. text box sholud take
  the input in this format automatically.

One example would be to enforce input to only accept the adhaar number format

$('[data-type="adhaar-number"]').keyup(function() {
  var value = $(this).val();
  value = value.replace(/\D/g, "").split(/(?:([\d]{4}))/g).filter(s => s.length > 0).join("-");
  $(this).val(value);
});

$('[data-type="adhaar-number"]').on("change, blur", function() {
  var value = $(this).val();
  var maxLength = $(this).attr("maxLength");
  if (value.length != maxLength) {
    $(this).addClass("highlight-error");
  } else {
    $(this).removeClass("highlight-error");
  }
});
.highlight-error {
  border-color: red;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" data-type="adhaar-number" maxLength="19">

A: I am not interested in giving u everything, but I will point you in the right direction. Use regular expressions.
This regex will help your case but you need to put in your effort on how it must be used in your situation.

console.log(/\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}/.test('1000-1000-1000-1002'));

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When it comes to health, Americans get an F as in fat, not fit.
In March, the Center for Disease Control reported 34% of Americans are obese (body mass index of 30 or greater) compared to just 24% of Canadians.
A report released Thursday from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows obesity rates for American adults increased in 16 states in the last year; a dozen states having obesity rates that exceed 30%.
Click here for the most fit cities in the U.S.
But some cities are bucking the growing waistline trend and are working to create a fitness-friendly environment with plenty of resources to keep residents active.
The American Fitness Index (AFI) set out to determine what gives a city its fitness mojo and took a hard look at personal and community fitness on a local level.
Ranking the 50 fittest cities among the countrys largest metropolitan areas, AFI shows where the rubber meets the road: how healthy cities house healthy people who make healthy choices that lead to less disease and, yes, better health.
AFI, the brainchild of an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) think tank of national sports medicine and public health experts, is a signature program created through a partnership between ACSM and the WellPoint Foundation.
The initiative takes a combined bottom up/top down approach to fitness: it starts at the local level and has the potential to spread outward nationwide and must reach public officials and policy makers with influence and clout to affect change.
This years competition marks the fourth annual AFI ranking which looks at personal health on a community level--things like the percentage of smokers in a metropolitan area, the presence or absence of chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, and heart disease and general mortality and morbidity rates.
But personal health and environment go hand-in-hand. Its difficult to be personally fit if youre not living in a fit community, says Dr. Barbara Ainsworth, vice chair of ACSMs AFI advisory board and current ACSM president.
Things like biking and walking trails, parkland and recreational areas, farmers markets boasting locally- grown produce and a strong public transportation system are also taken into account as factors that lead to healthy living.
A fit community supports physical activity, says Ainsworth, a professor of education exercise and wellness at Arizona State University, emphasizing that safety and accessibility are key factors in fostering a healthy community.
Experts say establishing metrics around both these personal health and community environmental indicators city-to-city will form a scientific base to show what is and isnt working when it comes to promoting healthy lifestyles.
In turn, the metrics and a communitys ability to make the grade or not will help establish guidelines and tools to change infrastructure or public health policies and over time, inform overall community health.
In the 50-city ranking, every city is important, says Brenda Chamness, ACSMs AFI program officer. AFI is healthy competition. Current gaps provide a springboard to better health, Chamness says.
When it comes to improving a citys ranking, it takes commitment from policy makers, public health officials and advocates, says Ainsworth. AFI has made an impact in cities like Detroit, a metro area that has ranked low. The mayor has instituted new policies, and built miles of river trails and roads. Also, hes realized its easier for citizens to live in a smoke-free environment.
Ainsworth says that Chamness and her team are providing leadership strategy to Detroit and to other cities to help usher in more healthy personal and environmental policies.
The [AFI] initiative is gaining momentum every year, says Jim Kauffman, national director health and well-being for the YMCA, who works to facilitate independent local YMCAs who are interested in AFI to get onboard. I hope more and more organizations within cities view AFI as a tool and a wake-up call to improve health.
Four years in, AFI is taking its initiative even farther by undertaking a demonstration project in which four low-ranking cities will learn from the wellness role models of the 10 best.
Oklahoma City, Okla, and Indianapolis, Ind, top the list of pilot candidates, and two more cities will be chosen next year. Indianapolis where ACSM is located, ranks in the bottom 10, says Chamness, in large part because of its high smoking rate, which is among the top five in U.S. rankings.
As always, the journey is important. Milestones will come in both short less lofty, more reachable next-year type objectives, and long-term goals which a community will strive to reach over time.
Ainsworth says her wish is that at some future point all cities score high--70 or 80 points out of 100.
As always, though, the journey is as important as the final destination. Says Chamness: Its exciting. For the first time were putting what weve been studying into action making AFI a living, breathing document.


Recently, a group from DGMT (Marianne MacRobert, Phillip Methula and David Harrison) visited literacy projects in India. They were intrigued by the claims of Pratham that children of about 5 to 6 years of age could learn to read within 6 weeks and that children lagging behind could catch up to their same-age peers. These claims had been substantiated through randomised controlled trials, which showed that the benefits of the accelerated reading programme were sustained for at least two years. In this brief, they share their insights from a brief trip to India.


A charity whose booking for 28 homeless people was cancelled by a Hull hotel has said "who says miracles don't happen" after another city hotel stepped in to help.
The Royal Hotel in Hull has been widely criticised since the Raise The Roof Homeless Project revealed how the city centre establishment had cancelled its booking for 14 twin rooms for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, despite more than £1,000 being paid.
Now the project has said the DoubleTree by Hilton has stepped in to offer the rooms and a Christmas dinner free of charge.
Charity founder Carl Simpson said on Facebook: "We can confirm that the DoubleTree Hilton have offered to put up 28 people for two nights with breakfast and Xmas dinner provided and they are doing this complimentary.
Mr Simpson said a number of other businesses had offered services and help, including another hotel offering a Christmas dinner.
Cafe owner Mr Simpson also criticised the Royal Hotel's owners, Britannia Hotels, after a spokesman explained that they cancelled the booking due to reports of bad behaviour at another hotel last Christmas.
He said these suggestions were completely untrue and described how guests sent by the project to the Ibis hotel left presents for staff and even asked for a vacuum cleaner to clean up.
Raise The Roof used the city's Ibis hotel last year for its Christmas campaign but the venue did not have enough twin rooms available this year to repeat the booking, Mr Simpson said.
This year, he paid the Royal £1,092 for 14 twin rooms on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
He said the charity was given no explanation for the decision to cancel until Monday afternoon, when Britannia Hotels explained that it changed its mind over the booking after receiving a report of poor behaviour at the Ibis last Christmas.
A Britannia Hotels spokeswoman said the hotel took the decision after it received a call from a woman claiming to be part of the charity.
The spokeswoman said: "She had rung to warn us that the group had caused serious problems at the Ibis and that she felt we should not take the booking.
"Among the issues last year were trashing of rooms, fires, theft of hotel goods and property and damage to property.
"The hotel has a number of families and tours staying at the hotel over the Christmas period which we feel would suffer if the booking was taken.
Mr Simpson said on Facebook: "This is all untrue. We do not have staff and this vindictive person was definitely not at the event last year.
"Ibis have confirmed that there was no problems last year.
"Having said this if the Royal Hotel had bothered to ask us or Ibis instead of just listening to hearsay this could have easily been resolved, instead they choose to refuse to give a reason until now.
Since news of the cancellation broke at the weekend, Raise The Roof's online funding campaign has been boosted to more than £9,000.
On Monday morning, it was the most viewed page on the GoFundMe website.


As lead manager for the Individual Budgets pilot in Coventry, I led a project that developed an Outcomes Focussed assessment process supported by personalised commissioning. This non-RAS approach generated significant interest and led to invitations to present at National Conferences and a commission to write a Journal article.
As all other Pilots used the RAS from In-Control I was concerned that the National Evaluation would not pick out the particular messages from Coventry and that it would not capture any changes in the way people work. I therefore arranged for Coventry University to evaluate people's experiences of the pilot.
This evaluation told us what staff thought of the process and the impact it had on the way they work. Social Workers found that by working closely with colleagues from other backgrounds and using the full range of care management skills the improvement in outcomes was significant. Perhaps an understanding of how practice has changed is best evidenced using peoples own words.


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Christos Tzioras (; born 5 October 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League 2 club Niki Volos.

References

 footballleaguenews.gr

1988 births
Greek footballers
Living people
Association football forwards
Gamma Ethniki players
Delta Ethniki players
Football League (Greece) players
Super League Greece 2 players
Polykastro F.C. players
Kozani F.C. players
Pyrsos Grevena F.C. players
Aetos Skydra F.C. players
Panargiakos F.C. players
Vataniakos F.C. players
Niki Volos F.C. players
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Acharnaikos F.C. players
Veria F.C. players
A.E. Karaiskakis F.C. players
AO Chania F.C. players
Levadiakos F.C. players
People from Askio, Kozani
Footballers from Western Macedonia

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A highlight of each year is definitely the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. Not many fashion festivals around the world open their doors to the general public but the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week is one of the biggest fashion festivals that does just that. It's also one of my favourite events because it's run by the City Of Melbourne and it offers a huge range of volunteer positions of which I have applied for 2012.
In 2011 I volunteered and did mostly promo work which lead me to getting 2 free tickets to my first ever runway show (pictured) that featured designers like Nicolangela, Richard Nyon Millinery and Yeojin Bae. We were so close to the front and I had such a blast taking photos of all the dresses I would buy if I were a millionaire (or at least had a job).
I also had my first (and hopefully last) experience of working backstage at a Saba runway show dressing models. To most this may seem like an exciting thing to do, and don't get me wrong, I love Saba, but I really didn't enjoy it and I'm hoping that this year I'll get to do front of house and get to see heaps of shows for free.
I had a fantastic experience and met a lot of people who I still talk to now and have their own blog. Check out Oh, That Boy. Expect a post later in the year about the 2012 Melbourne Spring Fashion Week and hopefully I get an awesome volunteer position and heaps of free stuff.


It was something I would recommend because it seemed relatively safe. The only negative I had come across was that natural production of glucosamine stops and doesn't start up again until about a month after stopping supplementation.
So, when I started taking a glucosamine sulfate supplement I didn't think anything of it.
Like many of us, I'm not 100% committed to my health. I'm much more committed to my clients' health over mine. Yet, every once in a while, I need to just drop everything and face my own reality. I ran into that moment when I found myself free-range grazing through the chocolate candy jars in the office and gaining weight.
I was gaining that "belly fat" that is impossible to lose and is usually associated with an imbalance in sugar/glucose metabolism.
On my mother's side, everyone has diabetes and severe insulin injecting diabetes. In my immediate family only my sister and I have avoided the diabetic label. Well…almost.
About 20 years ago I was diagnosed diabetic. At that time, I changed a lot and went for orthomolecular information to change my world. It took three years and my fasting blood glucose has been a consistent 99 until two years ago when it moved up to 100.
Free-ranging the office chocolates has always been my early warning sign that my blood chemistry is off, and I need to do something about it. I implemented my daily vitamin and mineral supplement plan.
Taking supplements day-in and day-out is tedious. But, with a little effort, I can do it.
To help with the weight issue, I started changing my diet going more vegan and doing things that help the liver such as drinking sauerkraut juice (yuck, right?). I know this works. It's worked in the past. This time, the only difference was I had added in a couple supplements to address the insane amount of stress that I had been under this last year including a glucosamine supplement.
Everything still sounds like I'm on the right path. A month into taking the supplements, I start getting diarrhea. I start feeling exhausted. Then I start feeling bloated. I wasn't losing weight. I was eating like a wraith and looking like a whale. My body aches were getting worse instead of better.
In Chinese Medicine, my symptoms were Spleen Organ/Channel symptoms congruent with metabolic syndrome and glucose issues in Western medicine. How could that be? I had changed my diet to about 70% vegan, had cut out most sugars, had added key foods to improve digestion and liver function, and started taking supplements. I felt like I was being punished for doing the right things.
I took a long hard look at my supplements. I didn't have anything that could point to the glucosamine supplement, but it just seemed like the one causing issues. I reduced the amount of glucosamine by 50% and the diarrhea went away for about 5 days. Then it came back. The lack of weight loss and the weight increase encouraged me to hit the scientific research and see what I could find.
It turns out that most of the research had been done with glucosamine sulfate, the type of glucosamine I was taking. Not only could it cause diarrhea, in some susceptible individuals, it could cause diabetes! Really (frowning face…boo), how annoying is that?
The question for me was, "Who are these susceptible individuals"? How could I identify them? It couldn't be all people with diabetes and it couldn't be everyone with a strong diabetic history in their past because I would have heard about this sooner.
Diet was the first trigger. It turns out that glucosamine can cause weight gain or weight loss depending on your eating habits. In a high carb/low fat diet, it has the potential to cause weight gain. The exact type of diet I was eating was helping glucosamine turn me into a bloat monster. On the other side, if I was eating a high fat diet, it would help me lose weight.
The second trigger was insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome. It turns out that glucosamine can cause insulin resistance due to the ability of glucosamine to deplete ATP in the body (the body's way of storing energy). Thus, the sensation of feeling exhausted all the time.
Can you believe that? A month of eating better than I have in years. Pushing myself through the endless sugar withdrawals, fat withdrawals all to be waylaid by a supplement. Really?
The truly funny part about this is the sugar withdrawals. Glucosamine is a sugar. So, those withdrawals were pretty much 24/7. From a Chinese Medical perspective, too much sugar in the blood causes phlegm which Chinese Medicine considers a thick fluid that has a difficult time going through the joint membranes causing more pain. In addition, sugar is the flavor of the spleen, but in excess overwhelms the spleen causing things like diarrhea, diabetes, fatigue, weight gain etc.
What does this mean? Well, it means that I'm starting over again and have kicked the glucosamine habit to the curb. Right now, all the research is with glucosamine sulfate and there is conversation that the other types of glucosamine do not have the same impact. So,back at step one. Before I start…can I get a chocolate bar?
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Hresko RC, Heimberg H,Chi MM,Mueckler M. Glucosamine-induced insulin resistance in 3T3-L1 adipocytes is caused by depletion of intracellular ATP. J. Biol. Chem. 1998;273:20658–20668.


VANCOUVER — After Rep. Liz Pike's third Transportation Congestion Solutions Legislative Town Hall had neared its end Saturday at Washington State University's Dengerink Administration Building, Vancouver resident Phil Haggerty stepped to the microphone during the public comments portion of the meeting.
The events of the past year have made the division over what to do about transportation congestion between the states of Washington and Oregon extremely clear. Pike, Kraft and a handful of other area elected officials are firmly of the belief that we need more ways to cross the Columbia River. Call them crossings, corridors or bridges, those elected officials want more of them and there is a significant amount of area residents who agree.
Each of Pike's town hall meetings offered several presentations of varied solutions to the area's transportation congestion issues. The proposals have included a new bridge to be built east of I-205, a westside crossing, and multiple ideas for the I-5 corridor including a flyover design that would also repair the existing I-5 bridge and a tunnel from Clark County to near the Rose Quarter in Oregon.
"My opinion is we need it all and we need more,'' said area resident Kyle Nickels, who identified himself as a member of the trucking industry.
Washougal resident Julie Russell, a candidate for a position on the Washougal City Council, moved to Clark County from Tigard, OR, a couple of years ago. Russell and her husband still have offices in Tigard so they are forced to make the commute at least a couple of days each week.
Russell's comments drew an enthusiastic round of applause from those in attendance at the meeting.
David Nelson, a retired transportation engineer who has served as one of the presenters at all three of Pike's town hall meetings, quickly relayed a story to illustrate what Pike referred to as planners who want to impose their worldview on how we move about.
Like Nelson, Vancouver resident Bill Wagner has been a presenter at each of Pike's three town halls.
Despite that, Pike's efforts in the state legislature (House Bill 1222) to form a bi-state bridge legislative work group failed earlier this year. Pike's vision was that the work group would look at how to address the I-5 corridor but also research the need for additional corridors and other congestion issues. She wanted everything on the table.
Instead, both the House (HB 2095) and the Senate (SB 5806) passed companion bills, targeting the replacement of the I-5 bridge as a priority. Most who disagree with that majority of lawmakers see the effort as an attempt to resurrect the failed Columbia River Crossing. Those lawmakers seem to only want the one issue on the table.
None of the elected officials from Clark County who supported the companion bills that passed the House and Senate attended any of Pike's three town halls. Those lawmakers include Annette Cleveland (D-49th District), Ann Rivers (R-18th District) and Lynda Wilson (R-17th District) in the Senate and Reps. Paul Harris (R-17th District), Monica Stonier (D-49th District), Brandon Vick (R-18th District) and Sharon Wylie (D-49th District) in the House.
Those lawmakers did meet collectively last year in a process that resulted in their conviction to focus on the I-5 Bridge replacement but none have participated in a process as transparent and citizen-oriented as Pike.
Thankfully, one key lawmaker did attend Pike's third town hall meeting — Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama), the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee, of which Pike has also been a member.
After Saturday's town hall, Orcutt shared his thoughts with me about the challenge before lawmakers like himself and Pike.
"I'm trying to work with people; I'm trying to ease some people into some things,'' Orcutt said. "When I compare Clark County to Cowlitz County, there are five crossings across the Cowlitz River with eight lanes in each direction for a population of 100,000 people.
I shared with Orcutt that it appeared to me there was little hope for an about face among lawmakers in the state of Washington. What gives him hope that elected officials like he and Pike will have any success in the future?
"I'm trying to help people understand why there are additional corridors necessary and that we're not going to solve this problem without additional corridors,'' Orcutt said. "I'm trying to get people to look at it not as either fix the I-5 Bridge or do a third crossing. I'm trying to get people to look at that is a functionally obsolete bridge. You've got a poor alignment getting on to it, narrow lanes, no shoulders and you have a short sight distance. It needs to be replaced. We need a more modern bridge.
"But, just making it a modern bridge is not going to solve the congestion problems,'' Orcutt said. "We need to be looking at a third bridge too. We need to be looking at the safety issue, a variety of issues with that (I-5) bridge. But, we also need to look at the bigger issue of getting traffic flowing in both directions across the (Columbia) river.


5" x 8", 6" x 9", and 8" x 10"
Options for generic fish, as well as clownfish are included! Also includes strap option, and 3 different sizes for finished bag!
techniques in my pattern, and included a mini picture tutorial in the pattern for visual assistance.
Gauge can be adjusted for a wider range of sizes by using different sized hooks, and different weights of yarn. This pattern works up beautifully in Caron Simply Soft!


In which I demonstrate my awesome debugging workflow, and ramble about BleakHouse and Ruby's memory behavior.
I've been running BleakHouse in actual, deployed production on CHOW, and have learned some interesting things. The ruby-bleak-house build (which is really Eric Hodel's work) is rock stable. Every deployed Ruby process on CHOW runs the patched build. BleakHouse itself is not enabled—the point is to have the symbols in place for emergencies.
Some poor user just got their request hung. Hopefully they'll refresh it and get shifted to another mongrel.
Ah, there wasn't a request after all. We're just in the mongrel wait loop. Now we know it's not some particular action jammed up and eating memory. More likely, it's a slow leak.
Well, what does the heap look like?
Evaluation of the expression containing the function (rb_p) will be abandoned.
(gdb) eval "BleakHouse::CLogger.new.snapshot('/tmp/objs', 'gdb', true)"
Detaching after fork from child process 29366.
Fork? Ok, whatever. Is the objs file there?
Our resident set size is very large. But there really aren't that many filled slots in the Ruby heap. Maybe the usage shot up at one point, and then dropped back down. Maybe there's a single array of immediate types that grows and grows, or something.
Well, the node count is about the same, which means there isn't any leak in the AST itself. And the filled vs. free looks much more normal. So…we didn't learn that much.
What to do? Let's make some heapspace fireworks.
BleakHouse is pretty fast. So rather than simulate some crappy usage scenario, I shut down monit and swapped out one of the regular mongrels for one with BLEAK_HOUSE=true. Yeah—BleakHouse itself running in production mode on the live site. It worked great.
I restarted monit and eventually the process got big enough that monit killed it. Then, I copied bleak_house_production.yaml.log (all 147MB) to my local machine, and analyzed it. Let's look at the graphs.
What a beautiful graph! And it verifies my guess from above—the filled slots stay within the same general bracket the whole time, but around 22:05 there is a huge, temporary need for lots of objects. Those slots then persist for the rest of the life of the process.
Looks pretty much fine. Although it shouldn't really have an /unknown path…that's a minor BleakHouse::Analyze bug.
The graph does have a slight upward trend, but basically stays within a consistent bracket after an initialization period. The continuing increase is probably some application code leaking objects, which then get misidentified the next time core is logged and tagged.
Hrm, ok, well that's an awful lot of strings. The boards are one of the most heavily-trafficked sections of CHOW, so a leak there will eventually bring down the whole process.
Incidentally, CHOW gets about a 1/2 million page views per day.
And then…kill the fucker. But that will have to wait for another day.
BleakHouse is getting a lot of attention. There's an InfoQ article, and one on Ruby Inside. Lourens Naudé wrote some notes about memory usage and used some BleakHouse code. And the Solaris DTrace team sent me a mail.
Incidentally Lourens references the same critical thread that I had been discussing with various people last week.
Also, the Ruby heap has a tendency to request memory from the OS and never give it back, even if the need goes away. This is normally fine, because unused portions of the space get swapped out. However, if your system is underloaded, there might not be any need to swap. This can give false impressions of the physical memory footprint of your app.
On the other hand, it would be nice if Ruby would just give the space back.
I gave BleakHouse its own documentation page.
Evan, what a great article. I really look forward to seeing a writeup on what the bug is and how you tracked it down all the way; these are great examples.
I would also love to hear what the DTrace team had to say.
MacPorts users, note that Mauricio's scripts don't work on the Ports build of Ruby—it's missing debugging symbols or something.
The scripts work with the BleakHouse Ruby binary, though. For ultimate convenience, rename the Ports ruby and symlink /opt/local/bin/ruby to ruby-bleak-house instead.
I'll just say this is probably the most useful damn thing for Ruby in a long time. I really wish I'd had it when I was ghetto trolling through ObjectSpace tracking down that memory leak that supposedly didn't exist in Threads and Arrays.


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The Battle of Cao Bằng was fought between the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) over the city of Cao Bằng and its vicinity, from the beginning of the Sino-Vietnamese War on 17 February, to 6 March 1979. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces still had to fight for days to weeks to gain control over other areas in the province against outnumbered Vietnamese defenders. Contrary to the Chinese intention to battle against and defeat some major regular units of the VPA, the PLA found themselves encountering mostly small units of Vietnamese border guards and militia. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces took Đức Long, a town on Highway 4 on 3 March and connecting the Chinese areas of operations in Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn. They then shortly declared that they had "attained the goals set for them" in the 17‐day border war and withdrew troops from Vietnam on 5 March 1979.

Order of battle
According to Edward C. O'Dowd, the Chinese invasion in Cao Bằng Province was conducted by elements of five armies, spearheaded by the PLA 41st and 42nd Armies from the Guangzhou Military Region and supported by the 50th Army from the Chengdu Military Region, and the 12th and 20th Armies from the Nanjing Military Region. The number of troops probably totaled over 200,000 men, assembling in springboards around Jingxi and Longzhou Counties, Guangxi Province. However, Xiaoming Zhang has given much lower figures of Chinese strength in this front, claiming that the 129th Division of the 43rd Army was the only additional unit besides the leading 41st and 42nd Armies. In contrast, O'Dowd includes this division in the Chinese order of battle in Lạng Sơn.

Facing them were elements of the VPA 346th Division, which had been converted from an economic construction unit into a combat unit since April 1978, consisting of three infantry and one artillery regiments. Its 246th Regiment was stationed at Sóc Giang northwest of Cao Bằng, while the sister 677th Regiment was tasked with defending the Trà Lĩnh area. The remaining infantry regiment, the 851st, had its initial role of a reserve unit. Fire support was provided by the 188th Artillery Regiment, which took its positions along the area between Lũng Lợi and Phù Ngọc. The division was assisted by the independent 31st Regiment positioned at Phục Hòa, the 567th at Trùng Khánh, the 576th at Trà Lĩnh, and a force of 15,000 paramilitaries, including one public security regiment, five local force battalions, and a series of 11 public security stations. The defense at the township of Cao Bằng itself was undertaken by the VPA 481st Regiment.

Battle
Chinese forces launched their offensive in Cao Bằng at dawn of 17 February. The PLA 41st Army was charged with striking Cao Bằng from the north after seizing Trà Lĩnh, while the 42nd Army was assigned to attack the city from the southeast after taking Quảng Uyên. Another force from the 42nd (otherwise the 129th Division) would be sent through Highway 4 to join with friendly units north of Lạng Sơn, thus enabling the transfer of troops between the two fronts, as well as blocking enemy reinforcements from Thái Nguyên.

The PLA 41st Army's advance was gravely hampered, as it immediately ran into contact with the VPA 677th Regiment on the way. It took the Chinese five days to capture Trà Lĩnh on 22 February, to intrude no more than 10–15 km in another direction against Trùng Khánh. Other elements of the 41st were also bogged down in engagements with Vietnamese forces near Thông Nông. The heaviest fighting was witnessed at Sóc Giang, as the PLA 122nd Division took five days to end Vietnamese resistance there, instead of the two days in original calculation. On 20 February, two Chinese companies and their support elements were pinned down by Vietnamese forces in two separate clashes, resulting in a total of 296 Chinese casualties and six tanks damaged.

The situation was more endurable for the 42nd Army, as by 22 February they had taken Phục Hòa, Thất Khê, Quảng Uyên, and Đông Khê, penetrating some 25 km into Vietnamese territory from Shuikouguan. However, it had failed to meet the 24-hour schedule to obtain the objectives around Cao Bằng, due to difficult terrain and frequent Vietnamese ambushes. The PLA 121st Division had to march for six days to arrive their destination at Khau Đồn, southwest of Cao Bằng. Previously, on 20 February, a Chinese tank unit from the 42nd Army leading the advance into Bắc Sơn had been intercepted and lost a number of tanks to Vietnamese anti-tank missiles; the force had only survived after receiving reinforcements from its parental unit.

According to report from the Vietnamese side, they had severely mauled four Chinese battalions and destroyed scores of enemy tanks and vehicles after the first three days of fighting in the province.

On 23 February, the PLA command realized that Cao Bằng was actually held by only a small number of Vietnamese troops. Instead of waiting for the 41st Army to break through enemy defense from the north, General Xu Shiyou, the overall commander of the Chinese campaign in Vietnam, ordered an immediate assault on the city. Cao Bằng fell on 25 February, yet fighting still went on intensely in other areas throughout the province. On 26 February, the VPA Cao Bằng Front Command was established, headed by Colonel Đàm Văn Ngụy. The new 311th Division was founded three days later to fight alongside the exhausted 346th, comprising the 169th, 529th, and 531st Infantry Regiments plus the 456th Artillery Regiment. On 27 February, Chinese forces captured the Guen Tiat airfield, southwest of Thất Khê, which continued to be contested by both sides afterwards. On the same day, Vietnamese forces staged counter-attacks against the occupied towns of Quảng Uyên and Trà Lĩnh, where Chinese control had not been restored until 2 and 3 March respectively. At 19:30 on 3 March, Chinese forces took Đức Long, a town on Highway 4, thus successfully connecting the Chinese areas of operations in Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn. On 5 March, the Chinese government announced they had achieved their goals in their 17 day border war and consequently the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. There was no immediate response from Hanoi to China's announcement.

After China's withdrawal, analysts described the battle as an important Chinese victory in capturing the Vietnamese capital of Lạng Sơn. "They beat the hell out of the Vietnamese," stated one analyst in describing the battle around Lạng Sơn. "The Vietnamese know that; the Russians know that. That is all the Chinese are interested in." Some Bangkok analysts pointed that Vietnam was at least successful in keeping their losses low by avoiding battles between its main-force units stationed near Hanoi with the Chinese forces. Western analysts had stated that a Vietnamese decision to attack the Chinese troops as they withdrew, could lead to retaliation and cause the war to continue.

Aftermath
Although the Chinese had eventually captured Cao Bằng from the Vietnamese 346th Division, the capture of the city had seriously spoiled their original plan. By 26 February, China claimed to have annihilated the VPA 677th, 681st (probably the 481st), and 246th Regiments. For the duration of the battle, PLA units had been tied down for nearly ten days by a single Vietnamese division. Chinese forces also failed to seek and engage the bulk of Vietnamese regular units. For instance, it took the PLA a whole day searching for VPA regulars in the Ke Map Nua area, 3 km north of Cao Bằng, without any results. With the exception of Sóc Giang, most of the clashes were fought against Vietnamese militia and citizen-soldiers, who had inflicted heavy losses on Chinese troops and held off their invasion. Nevertheless, Vietnam's ultimate loss of Cao Bang and Lạng Sơn exposed the local economy to ruin. Retreating Chinese forces adopted a Scorched earth policy, destroying infrastructure, industrial facilities, and population centers.  Restoration of these economic centers was slow as Chinese psychological warfare kept Vietnam on a war footing while China committed to the Chinese economic reform.

The Chinese army waged an energetic counterinsurgency campaign to cover its retreat. In its course, the Chinese were accused of various war crimes by Vietnamese authorities, such as the Tong Chup massacre at the village of Tổng Chúp, Hòa An District on 9 March, in which troopers of the PLA 42nd Army had reportedly executed 43 civilians by axes. Allegations remain largely unverifiable and unbenknowest to the international community as no Western correspondents were able to access the Sino-Vietnamese border region when fighting was occurring. However, the Vietnamese recorded the incident with photographs and interviews. The Xinhua News Agency denied any Chinese involvement in such atrocities.

Notes

References

Sino-Vietnamese War
History of Cao Bằng Province
1979 in Vietnam
Battles involving China
Battles involving Vietnam


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[ WANDER_PAUSE_AT_WAYPOINTS ] 0 [ integer boolean ] [ FALSE ] Whether the character should pause after reaching each wander waypoint.
Wander area is a rough area based on the specified origin, to a specified scale on each axis. So, if <20, 10, 2>m is specified the object will wander within 20m along the world x-axis, 10m along the world y-axis, and 2m along the world z-axis.
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6282 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy.
The first Buca di Beppo opened its doors in 1993 in the basement of a Minneapolis apartment building.
Since then, the brand has grown to over 100 locations worldwide. The all new Celebration / Kissimmee location marks the third one in the Central Florida area, and the seventh one in the entire state of Florida.
Buca di Beppo strives to capture the fun and enthusiasm of an authentic Italian family gathering along with delectable food. If you have ever dined with an Italian family, then you understand that the food is always a big priority and the portions are more than plenty. The dishes served up here are inspired by the cuisine enjoyed for generations in villages throughout Italy and are served family style, meant to be shared by the entire table.
The menu is inspired by various places around and throughout Italy, as Buca tries to serve up authentic Italian fare. They have continued to innovate and create recipes beyond their traditional style by adding new menu items inspired by Northern and Southern Italian cuisine.
Everything from salads, antipasto platters, flatbreads, mussels, calamari and a large variety of pastas fill the menu. A Buca small serves two to three, and a Buca large serves up to 5, as everything here is served a la carte family style only.
Inside of every Buca di Beppo restaurant is an eclectic setting designed to make every occasion a party. The vintage setting is always a point of conversation with all of the walls covered in family photos and candid shots of Italian American icons such as Sophia Loren and Joe DiMaggio. Each room at Buca is themed, and all restaurants have a Pope table which is the largest single round table in a room with a bust of the Pope as the centerpiece.
The bar is very colorful and lively and continues on the eclectic decor and whimsical lighting.
All Buca locations have a large wine list, but they also serve up pretty good cocktails like the Buca Berry Lemonade on the left and a Sparkling Sangria on the right.
The Antipasto Platter is a new addition to the menu and it is loaded with prosciutto, pepperoni, salami, provolone & fresh mozzarella with arugula, pepperoncini, green & black olives, roasted red peppers, marinated artichokes & Parmesan crostini.
Fried Mozzarella with housemade marinara sauce is an old standby, but it's always delicious.
Italian Sausage & Arugula is also a new addition to the menu and it is topped with spicy Italian sausage, prosciutto, mozzarella, provolone, garlic, arugula and balsamic glaze. This was really good, and a bit spicy.
Our table really enjoyed the Chicken Carbonara that is made with a cut up chicken breast, prosciutto, peas and garlic in rich Alfredo sauce.
I love a good Eggplant Parmigiana, and in fact this one at Buca di Beppo is as close to homemade as I have had. This is battered, fried and stacked eggplant topped with homemade marinara sauce, Roma tomatoes, basil & mozzarella cheese.
The Quattro al Forno is a good way to sample a few different things. This dish comes with four items...Cheese Manicotti, Chicken Cannelloni, Cheese Ravioli & Stuffed Shells.
Although the sauce was a tad sweet, everyone at our table really loved the Chicken Marsala with baby portobello mushrooms in a traditional Marsala wine reduction sauce.
You can't go wrong with any dessert selection at Buca di Beppo, but this gigantic slice of Tiramisu is pretty fabulous. It features homemade ladyfingers soaked in dark rum & espresso, layered with sweetened mascarpone cheese & topped with cocoa & crumbled hazelnut biscotti . If you add an espresso with this...its close to perfect.
I've been to a few Buca di Beppo locations with family, friends, a wedding reception..you name it, and everyone has always had a great time. Sit back and listen to the classic tunes of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and be prepared to eat.
The friendly staff and whimsical atmosphere are sure to be a hit as you can't help but laugh at all of the funny pictures of Italian family members throughout history. Stop by the new location in Celebration and say Ciao.


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Making A Story using Pictello | Mrs. Anton's Class!
Today we started working on a really cool project that I am really excited about! We are using an app called Pictello. It is an app that allows you to put pictures with a story and then record your narration yourself. We started with taking pictures using the iPads of the wonderful snowmen that each of the children made as a family project. Then each child completed a story about their snowmen. Then the next step was to have them read and record their story on the iPad. After a few hiccups we got a three page story that is really special! We managed to complete one of them today! When you open the book on the iPad, you press the play button and get to listen to the writer narrate their own story! Too cool! So we will work hard the next few days to complete the stories! Hopefully, we can arrange for you to see and hear them in the next few weeks.


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Parkinson's sufferers take part in an innovative weekly arts programme
By Danielle Lappin
PEOPLE with Parkinson's are making new friends by taking part in an innovative weekly arts programme.
The Dance for Parkinson's initiative at the Beacon is led by Scottish Ballet and designed for people with little or no dance experience who are affected by the disease.
Class leader Miriam Early has been delighted with the response.
She said: "The aim of the dance classes are to develop balance, co-ordination, confidence and creativity.
"We are not trained medical professionals, we are trained dancers so we try to make the classes fun and not seem like exercise."
The classes started this month after successful taster sessions were held.
Participants dance while sitting on chairs and then move on their feet before enjoying a social afternoon with a cup of tea.
Miriam said: "It's not just dancing, we are building a community. It battles not only the effects of Parkinson's but also social isolation by bringing people together.
"People just do what they can and what they feel like, no-one is forced to do anything, we just want people to have fun.
"In week one not many people had the confidence to stand up and join in but by week two they were on their feet.
"We have seen such a change in the people who come regularly.
"Not only are they joining in more but they have made friends.
"The social time at the end is great, they get to know each other and chat, they enjoy a tea of coffee and relax."
The classes run every Tuesday in the Beacon from 1pm until 3.15pm and people who attend are welcome to bring family, friends or carers along.
Anyone interested in joining is asked to email tiffany.scott@scottishballet.co.uk
Cash boost for youngsters to help them pursue their sports

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La DFB Pokal der Frauen 2017-2018 è stata la 38ª edizione della Coppa di Germania, organizzata dalla Federazione calcistica della Germania (Deutscher Fußball-Bund - DFB) e riservata alle squadre femminili che partecipano ai campionati di primo e secondo livello, rispettivamente 12 dalla Frauen-Bundesliga e 19 dalla 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, oltre a una selezione di quattro squadre provenienti dalla Regionalliga come completamento organico. Come per i sette anni precedenti, la finale si è disputata al RheinEnergieStadion di Colonia. Il torneo è stato vinto dal , che in finale ha sconfitto il  ai tiri di rigore dopo che i tempi regolamentari si erano conclusi a reti inviolate.

Partite

Secondo turno
Il sorteggio si è svolto il 28 agosto 2017. Le partite si sono giocate il 7 e l'8 ottobre 2017. Le undici squadre della Frauen-Bundesliga meglio classificate dello scorso campionato si sono unite alle 21 vincitrici del turno precedente.

Ottavi di finale
Il sorteggio si è svolto il 29 ottobre 2017. Le partite sono state giocate il 2 e il 3 dicembre 2017, mentre alcune partite sono state posticipate a causa del maltempo, ma il 13 dicembre 2017 è stata giocata solo una partita, gli altri due incontri sono stati nuovamente posticipati. Questi ultimi sono stati disputati il 9 e l'11 febbraio 2018.

Quarti di finale
Il sorteggio si è tenuto il 7 gennaio 2018. Gli incontri si sono svolti tra il 13 e il 14 marzo 2018.

Semifinali
Il sorteggio si è tenuto il 19 marzo 2018. Le due semifinali si sono giocate il 15 aprile 2018.

Finale

Classifica marcatrici
Elenco della classifica marcatrici della DFB-Pokal 2017-18. L'ordinamento è in base alle reti siglate e, in caso di parità, per ordine alfabetico.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Calcio nel 2017
Calcio nel 2018
2017-2018


Now that Valentines Day is upon us, it can be tempting to try online dating if you are single.
However, there are calls for people to be vigilant after it's claimed Britain's are losing £41 million a year to so-called 'romance fraud', with each victim sending £11,500 across on average, a study by Which has found.
The most common age group to be targeted is the over 50s, which accounts for 25 per cent of all reported cases as opposed to just 13 per cent for under 30s. Almost half of those surveyed said the crime had a "significant" impact on their health or financial wellbeing.
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There is also evidence to suggest that many of those targeted are too embarrassed to report the crime, so the true figure and impact could be much higher than is currently known to be the case.
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Doreen's merry, mobile face and engaging personality gave animation to many Mouseketeer skits. She was a Red Team member for all three filming seasons, an excellent dancer who was also a good singer and actress. She was best known for her comic turns, though she did some "exotics" in specialty numbers.
Doreen Isabelle Tracey was born in London, England, the daughter of American entertainers Elizabeth "Bessie" Hay and Sidney Tracey. Sidney's original name was Murray Katzelnick; he was a Russian Jew whose family immigrated to the United States in 1905, when he was three. Tracey and Hay were a standout dancing team for the Willam Morris agency from the 1920's throught the 1940's, their act often characterised in newspaper ads as Dancing Jewels in a Tiffany Setting. As early as 1927 they made a short film in England called On With The Dance: The Adagio.
"They did command performances for the King and Queen of England, performed on Broadway in the Shubert Passing Shows, and were featured on the Pantages circuit.(Yes, the same Pantages who is Tim Considine's grandfather). My father also produced variety shows in England during the Second World War. But they never performed for American Armed Forces. The soldiers who did catch Sid Tracey and Bessie Hay's performances paid top dollar/pounds to see them work. Sid's act was the first adagio act that incorporated modern dance with a story element to the performance. (Think Gene Kelley in An American in Paris)."
They brought Doreen, an only child, to Los Angeles after the war. Sidney first tried running a nightclub called "Slappy Maxie's", which was co-owned by his pal, entertainer Ben Blue. He then later opened the Rainbow Dance Studio in Hollywood.
The Farmer Takes A Wife Doreen's first professional work was an uncredited bit in the Betty Grable musical film The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953), which also had future Mouseketeer Nancy Abbate. Doreen had a guest spot on the Colgate Comedy Hour, like several other future Mouseketeers, and also did some local children's television.
"When Sid finally took over the Rainbow Studio, in the early 1950s there were many featured performers rehearsing or taking dance classes at the Rainbow. Debbie Reynolds was rehearsing diligently with Bobby Van's father, who was an assistant choreographer, for the movie Singing In The Rain. Debbie always looked bone tired when I observed her rehearsing in the "Large Rehearsal Hall" at the Rainbow Studios.
My father's ballet master was Michael Panaieff who also taught Stephanie Powells, Natalie Wood, and Jill St John. Leslie Caron also took classes from Panaieff during her contract days at MGM. He was my first ballet teacher, and then when Michael left to open his own studio, I took from Val Froman. Other children who took dancing lessons from Panaieff and Froman, who went on to become Mouseketeers were Eileen Diamond and Chuck Laney. "
Doreen has said she was answering the phone in the Rainbow Studio one day at lunchtime, when a Disney casting agent called, asking for kids to audition for the Mickey Mouse Club. In her best grown-up voice she told him she knew the perfect little girl for the job. Doreen wanted to keep the audition a secret, but her father nixed that scheme and posted the information publicly in the studio. At her audition, she did a Patti Page song called Cross Over the Bridge in a comic style, and was immediately hired.
Doreen was an all-around performer, adept at dancing, singing, and acting. She excelled in displaying comical facial reactions that, though exaggerated, were never overdone. Ballet was her strongest dance style, but she could also do tap and jazz. Her singing was very good, though her voice didn't strike the hearer as particularly distinctive. She could ad-lib effectively, and her strongest selling point was her own appealing personality, which came across best in comic turns. Impulsive and action-oriented, Doreen did an aerial act at the Mickey Mouse Club Circus in Disneyland in November and December of 1955. One time she forgot the instructions not to look down, and immediately froze. The circus crew had to bring her down with a ladder.
Doreen was apparently raised as a Catholic by her mother. When her mother was hospitalized with TB, she lived for a time with her "uncle" Ben Blue, who was also Jewish. Doreen could hardly have been unaware of the reputation Walt Disney and his studio had, largely undeserved, for anti-Semitism. Though there were several Jewish employees (and two other Mouseketeers) at the studio, she must have felt some apprehension, which she may have countered by hanging out with other Catholic girls like Darlene Gillespie and Annette Funicello.
She was initially friends with Darlene, whom she regarded as smart and funny. In the winter of 1956 she was hurriedly chosen to replace her ailing friend in the Disney western film Westward Ho, the Wagons!, which also featured Karen Pendleton, Tommy Cole, and Cubby O'Brien. Doreen performed well in the few scenes she and the other kids had. Whether this led to cooling of relations between her and Darlene is unknown, but she began to hang out more with Annette, and later, Cheryl Holdridge, who became her closest friend for years after the show ended. The three girls once snuck some cigarettes from a studio hairdresser and smoked them secretly outside the sound stage.
In the third season an old dance routine of Tracey and Hay (done with Ben Blue) about three store window mannequins who come to life, was adapted for a skit called The Music Store, which Doreen performed with Lonnie and Bobby. Though she was in constant demand for the Mouseketeer production numbers, she also did voice narrations for a couple of newsreels and an encyclopedia special. For the Disneyland episode promoting the film Rainbow Road to Oz she danced the part of Scraps, the Patchwork Girl, though her singing voice was dubbed by Gloria Wood. In the serial Annette she played the role of Val Abernathy, sister to Tim Considine's character.
Doreen accompanied Jimmie Dodd, Annette, and Tommy Cole on a long tour of the east coast in January and February 1958, largely to promote the upcoming Annette serial. She was one of six Mouseketeers called back to the Disney Studio in April and May of 1958, while Disney and ABC grappled over whether there would be any new production for the Mickey Mouse Club's fourth season.
Doreen was only fifteen when the show stopped filming in June 1958. Though a lot of girls admired her, her greatest popularity was with the sort of guys who don't write fan letters. Consequently she was let go by the studio along with most other Mouseketeers. However, the end of her contract did not mean the end of her employment by Disney. She and several other Mouseketeers were hired from time to time for specific public appearances. She appeared on an episode of The Donna Reed Show in April 1959, then went to Australia in May 1959, on a tour arranged by Jimmie Dodd, independent of the studio. Without Annette or Darlene to overshadow her, she was wildly popular, and much sought-after by the Australian press.
Doreen attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, then switched to the Hollywood Professional School for a semester, while also teaching beginning dance classes at her father's studio. She dated Roy Steiner, older brother of ex-mouse Ronnie Steiner, for a while, and also dated Lonnie Burr. Sometime in late 1959 she met Robert Washburn. They shared an interest in horseback riding and show business (he performed under the name Robert Allen). In an "exclusive" interview with 'Teen Magazine in 1962, Doreen said the wedding took place May 7, 1961, about a month after she turned eighteen. (In his book, Paul Petersen says Doreen married at age fifteen which seems very unlikely). In early 1962 she had a son, but about that time seperated from her husband, and by August was granted a divorce.
Singing was Doreen's career mainstay during the sixties. Though she didn't record, she was in demand for live performances on the teen nightclub circuit, doing both rock'n'roll and ballads. During 1962 she was a member of the 'Teen Magazine variety troupe, performing with Tommy Cole and the Addrisi Brothers, and mainly did solo gigs, including some at Ben Blue's nightclub in Beverly Hills, where she sang, danced, and did celebrity impersonations. She took on a songwriting job with Crown Records in 1963, while working part-time for a trust company and attending classes at Pierce College in-between performing jobs.
"I toured for the USO throughout Europe and the Orient from the fall of 1964 and the winter of 1967. Performed as an opening act for the Mills Brothers; Trini Lopez; George Goble; and Neal Sadaka at hotel cabarets, US embassies, Officer's and NCO's clubs. Spent a year entertaining the troops, in Viet Nam from 1968-1969. Note: Was brought in-country by the Lad Theatrical agency, and their agents/entertainers Violinist Pierre DuPont and Magician Johnny Aladdin (Originally Las Vegas Lounge performers). The agency operated under rules and by-laws of USO, and the US Command, which approved the booking of independent acts from Europe, USA and Australia. I arrived with a 16 piece band. Because the show was so large it because a security issue, and was advised to travel with less band members. My backup dwindled down to a compact 5 member band. (The Lad Agency made more money booking a smaller unit traveling outside of the major cities into the Viet Nam delta and the DMZ)."
Doreen's subsequent life is reputedly the most interesting (and harrowing) of all the Mouseketeers, but, with an unfortunate exception, is rarely visible in the public record. (The exception was an all too visible layout in the men's magazine Gallery during the late seventies.) Jerry Bowles, in his 1975 interview, captured some of this, but Doreen didn't seem to trust him completely. Paul Petersen, in his 1977 book, briefly described more of her experiences, but didn't provide details.
"I'm always listed as a publicist, and although this is an honorable profession, I've never have been a publicist! I worked in the recording industry as a Promotion Director. I got my training at Warner Brothers Records from 1972-1974, working for the Vice-President of Promotion, Bobby Greenberg.
I was one of the few women during the 1970s taking on promotional responsibilities. I pride myself for being part of the Warner Brothers team working on "breaking" Tower of Power, the Doobie Brothers, and Frank Sinatra's "Old Blue Eye's Is Back" to name just a few of the artists. The best achievement was getting Frank Zappa his first single hit: Don't You Go Where The Huskies Go, Don't You Eat That Yellow Snow! That was a challenge because Top Forty stations considered Frank an underground artist, not mainstream."
For a long time after the show Doreen had nothing to do with Disney or Mouseketeer reunions, except for the 25th Anniversary Show in 1980. That changed in the nineties, when she began making herself available for personal appearances, highlighted by her joint interview with other Mouseketeers on the Disney Treasures DVD in 2004. Doreen wrote an autobiography during the nineties, which she calls Confessions of a Mouseketeer. A small excerpt of this appeared in the NPR anthology I Thought My Father Was God (2001), and Doreen herself recorded it for broadcasting on NPR.
When Mouseketeer Cheryl Holdridge passed away in 2009, Doreen served as co-executor to an estate that ran into the millions. She discharged her duties faithfully to her old friend and colleague. Doreen received her Mousecar award along with many other Mouseketeers at the 60th Anniversary celebrations in Anaheim, California during August 2015. After a few years battling with cancer, Doreen passed away from complications of pneumonia on January 10, 2018.


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In a study conducted by Harvard University, psychologist Ellen Langer invited elder men (in their 70s and 80s) to a weeklong retreat that was made to look like the world 20 years earlier. One group was told to reminisce about the earlier time; another group was told to let themselves be who they were 20 years earlier. When they entered the study, both groups of men were highly reliant on others to do things for them. During the study, these same men began functioning independently, actively completing chores, and showed significant improvements in hearing, memory, strength and intelligence tests. This led Langer to conclude that because people assume they'll fall apart as the age, they allow it to happen.
A study from Yale University showed that negative beliefs about aging may be linked to brain changes related to Alzheimer's disease – specifically, people who had more negative thoughts about aging had a significantly greater number of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, two conditions associated with Alzheimer's. On the flip side, another study from Yale demonstrated that positive attitudes about aging could extend one's life by 7-1/2 years – a greater lifespan gain than low cholesterol, low blood pressure, maintaining a healthy weight, or even from not smoking.
Repetitive thoughts – such as ""Old age comes with pain and suffering" – form neural pathways in the brain. The more you think them, the more ingrained they become in your psyche and your unconscious mind will continue playing these thoughts over and over until they become true.
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Your thoughts help create your reality. The first step to reprogram your brain is to be conscious of them. If you find yourself thinking "Life is hard," notice what you're thinking and choose another thought to replace it. You may choose to shift your thoughts to "Life is hard and I continue to experience joy every day" or "Life is a blast and the challenges I face simply make me stronger." If you change your thoughts, you can form new pathways in the brain which may, in turn, change your experience of life.
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