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19. Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on recent developments on the security situation in Iraq. [116809]
Des Browne: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Billericay (Mr. Baron).
20. Mr. Vaizey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what security measures are in place to protect ammunition being transported by rail within the United Kingdom. [116810]
Mr. Ingram: The Ministry of Defence and its rail freight contractor, English, Welsh and Scottish (EWS) Railway Ltd, has a range of measures in place to protect MOD-owned ammunition when it is being transported by rail within the UK.
All trains carrying MOD ammunition are notified to the British Transport Police, including their itinerary and anticipated stops. The progress of each train is closely monitored using a number of methods, including satellite tracking by the EWS Railway Control Room. When consignments of military explosives are planned to be held or stored on the contractor's property for a period exceeding 48 hours, the contractor is responsible for providing comprehensive security at that location and for notifying the appropriate civil police authority. When a stop is unplanned, the contractor is required to provide adequate security arrangements at the location and inform MOD.
Although the contractor is fully responsible for security the MOD closely monitors performance through formal quarterly contract performance review meetings.
Ministry of Defence Police Federation
21. Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Ministry of Defence Police Federation about the strength of the force at Colchester. [116811]
Derek Twigg: I have not had any discussion with the Ministry of Defence Police Federation about the strength of the force at Colchester. The Department is currently considering the size of the MOD police complement at Colchester and the chief constable will consult with the Ministry of Defence Police Federation in the usual way before any final decision is reached.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which year he expects that the Trident nuclear capability would, if not upgraded, become obsolete. [116808]
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Des Browne: As the White Paper we published on 4 December makes clear, even with a life extension, our existing Vanguard boats will leave service from the early 2020s. Unless we participate in the life extension programme for our existing Trident D5 missiles, it will not be possible to retain the missiles in service much beyond 2020, except at much greater cost and technical risk.
22. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what technical steps need to be taken by United States personnel prior to the UK being able to fire a Trident missile at an independently identified target. [116812]
Des Browne: United States personnel would have no involvement in this process.
Mr. Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with counterparts from other NATO countries on the numbers of combat personnel in Afghanistan. [115093]
Des Browne: I regularly discuss with my NATO counterparts aspects of the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan. Military advice on the force and capabilities required to achieve the ISAF mission is provided by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. I and my ministerial colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development take every opportunity to reinforce the need for all of us to live up to the collective commitment made to Afghanistan in military, financial and political terms.
Armed Forces: Recruitment
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to (a) increase recruitment levels to and (b) reduce outflow from the UK's armed forces. [114766]
Derek Twigg: All three services undertake numerous and varied initiatives, both at national and local level, aimed at sustaining and increasing the level of recruitment to the armed forces. Included amongst the many current initiatives are:
The use of multi-media advertising campaigns;
Services recruiting teams' attendance at schools, careers fairs and graduate recruitment seminars, road shows, exhibitions, youth clubs and organisations;
Specialist teams to attract doctors, dentists, nurses, lawyers and padres by promoting service careers within specialist recruitment shows and through professional bodies;
Work experience placements within service establishments;
Personal development courses and look at life courses for young people who express an interest in the armed forces;
Taster day visits to HM ships and service establishments;
A dedicated careers website for each of the services complete with a dedicated information support call centre;
An Army 'on-line' recruiting office, with plans for this to be replicated by the other services;
Specialist ethnic minority recruiting and diversity action teams aimed at promoting armed forces careers amongst the UK's ethnic minority and faith communities;
A partnership with Jobcentre Plus, making use of its network (totalling in excess of 1,100) of local outlets.
Retention measures such as commitment bonuses, re-engagement packages, financial retention initiatives and initiatives to improve work/life balance and working conditions at the front line, continue to be used with the aim of discouraging outflow.
Our aim is to maintain stable levels of retention through policies that genuinely reflect the priorities of our people and their families whilst optimising their operational effectiveness. For example, the terms and conditions of service in the armed forces are continually being reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate to the requirements and that entitlements are best targeted to enhance recruitment and retention. There are a number of specific initiatives currently being undertaken such as the strategic remuneration review and the defence living accommodation strategy which will contribute towards this effort. In addition, we have made improvements to travel allowances to permit personnel to get home more easily and continue to refine the operational welfare package while also promoting measures such as work/life balance and career breaks to improve the day-to-day lives of service personnel and their families.
Army Strength
Lynda Waltho: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the size of the Army has changed since 1982. [116793]
Des Browne: The table shows the Army total strength for each year at 1 April since 1982:
Total strength
Notes: 1. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in the nearest multiple of 5 have been rounded to 20 to prevent systematic bias. 2. The figures in the table are the latest published version available. Over the period 1982-2006 it is possible that these figures have subsequently been revised and also that definitions of strength have changed slightly. UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists.
Departmental Contracts: Scotland
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the value was of his Department's new-build contracts placed with Scottish facilities in each year since 1995; [115333]
(2) what the value was of his Department's maintenance contracts placed with Scottish facilities in each year since 1995. [115334]
Derek Twigg: The information requested will take a little time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will place in the Library the documents referred to in the answers of (a) 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1558W, on price indices, (b) 7 November 2006, Official Report, column 1482W, on the negotiators briefing pack and (c) 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1551W, on downgrading reports. [110161]
Derek Twigg: The documents relating to price indices and the negotiators briefing pack were placed in the Library of the House on 12 January 2007. The downgrading reports were placed in the Library of the House on 17 January.
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been of (a) Project SLAM and (b) Project Allenby/Connaught in each year of the contract. [115143]
Derek Twigg [holding answer 16 January 2007]: Expenditure on Phase 1 of the Single Living Accommodation Modernisation Project (Project SLAM) over the period of the contract is set out in the following table. In addition to providing details of expenditure approved as part of the original SLAM programme the table also sets out expenditure in support of projects separately funded by the services but delivered through Project SLAM.
£ million
SLAM programme Separately funded Total
(1) Forecast.
Further funding of around £100 million (excluding projects separately funded by the services) has been allocated to SLAM in FY 2007-08 for completion of the Phase 1 programme. Phase 2 of SLAM has been approved with funding of £335 million over the five years 2008-09 to 2012-13 for the delivery of up to a further 3,800 bed spaces.
The contract for Project Allenby/Connaught was awarded in March 2006 and the forecast of expenditure from contract comment to 31 March 2007 is £83.2 million.
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the specific security threats that will be facing the UK between 2020 and 2050; what form he expects them to take; from which country or countries he expects them to come; and if he will make a statement. [116651]
Des Browne: The 2003 Defence White Paper: "Delivering Security in a Changing World" described the nature of the security challenges facing the United Kingdom and the defence response to them. The paper highlighted the complex and inter-related threats posed by international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and the range of risks associated with weak and failing states. We expect these to remain the security priorities for the UK. However, we also recognise that there are a number of pressures which may complicate or exacerbate this picture up to and beyond 2020, and that unexpected strategic shocks might also alter these priorities. We have therefore developed balanced and flexible armed forces which are able to respond to the inherent uncertainty of the future. This assessment informed the recent White Paper, "The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent" (Cm 6994), published on 4 December 2006.
Senior Officers: Transport
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Major General Tim Cross has used his Department's (a) road, (b) sea and (c) air transport on personal business over the last three years. [115795]
Mr. Ingram: Major General Tim Cross has not used his Department's road, sea or air transport for his personal use.
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Dumela! Hello! The first weekend of August found us in Botswana. The country is one of the most stable countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and has the highest Human Development Index in the region. Botswana is roughly the same size as the state of Texas, but just over two million people live in the entire country, which is slightly less than the population of the city of Houston, Texas. (The reason for the low population density is probably the fact that approximately 70 percent of the country is desert, the Kalahari.) About half of the country's population lives in rural areas, and the country's capital, Gaborone, also the biggest city, is home to about 230,000 people. After a hectic week, Derek and I were relieved to stay in Friday night and take it easy. We decided to head to Botswana a little early, by watching the first episode of the television series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which is based on a book series by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith. The story revolves around a woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who runs a detective agency in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, and the mysteries she solves. The series (now cancelled, sadly) was filmed on location in Botswana. You can watch a promo for this highly entertaining show here.
We began Saturday with sorghum porridge, which came out similar to cream of wheat. Sorghum, though, is a type of grass and is gluten-free. It's an important food crop in Africa because it can tolerate heat and hold up well in droughts, and is rich in protein, iron and other important nutrients. As we ate, we watched a short documentary that focuses primarily on Gaborone (a sister city of Burbank, California), but also addresses the HIV/AIDS crisis in Botswana—about 25 percent of the population is HIV-positive.
Botswana has a lot of cattle, so naturally beef has a prominent role in its cuisine. But with some digging, we found some vegetarian-friendly recipes. One of which, a vegetable potjie, needed to stew for a while, so we started preparing it shortly after breakfast. We also made madombi, dumplings, to eat with the potjie. During the afternoon, we watched more episodes of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and also enjoyed some bush tea (also known as rooibos), which happens to be Mma Ramotswe's drink of choice when solving mysteries. For dinner, I made some stewed spinach greens, which we ate with leftovers. The dish might not look pretty, but it was pretty tasty. Derek took charge of making dessert, malva pudding, which we enjoyed while continuing The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. If we sound like couch potatoes this weekend, that would be fairly accurate, but we do like the show. Like many other detective stories, it's nice knowing that the mysteries will be solved by the end of the episodes, but this particular series is refreshing with its unusual setting, and a protagonist who doesn't fit the typical detective persona. The next morning, we made sorghum porridge again. It was considerably less lumpy this time, which we both thought was an improvement.
We were going to a family party later in the day, and wanted to bring something related to Botswana that wasn't too "out there." (Even if I weren't a vegetarian, I'm not sure how well seswaa, a traditional Botswanan meat dish that's boiled and shredded, would have gone over with everyone.) In our research, we'd found that watermelons are believed to have originated in the Kalahari Desert—which, you may remember from earlier in this post, covers much of Botswana. Since it's summer, watermelon seemed like a perfect way to bring a little bit of Botswana to the celebration. Derek cut the watermelon into chunks and threaded the cubes on skewers. We had a little bit of time before we had to head out for our party, so we watched one of the special features included in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency DVD set, called "Botswana: The Gem of Africa." This gave a lot of helpful context to the show, with background information on the country and the book series, and the impact of the show—the first major televison/film production in Botswana intended for an international audience—on Botswana and its people. You can also see this feature on YouTube:
Our watermelon kebabs were well-received at the party. Back at home later in the day, we watched the final two episodes of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
In "Botswana: The Gem of Africa," the series creators addressed some of the criticism that the show is perhaps too positive and not realistic enough. They do acknowledge that the show is positive, but argue that this is important—most of the depictions of black Africa in the news and in films are bleak, but good does exist, and also needs to be recognized. What's more important than accuracy, the creators say, is capturing the spirit of the place.
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Watford teenage boy, 14, left 'shaken' after being robbed by gang of men
The men engaged the victim in conversation before assaulting him and taking his wallet
The robbery happened on Rickmansworth Road, Watford (Image: Google Maps)
A teenage boy was left "shaken" after being robbed by a gang of men in Watford.
The victim, who is 14, was approached by a group of six men on Rickmansworth Road, near to Cassiobury Park, at around 5.20pm on Sunday (February 25).
They engaged the boy in conversation but then demanded money from him before assaulting him and took his wallet, which contained bank cards and a small amount of cash.
The gang then headed off along Metropolitan Station Approach in the direction of the tube station.
Police are appealing for witness to come forward, in particular a man and woman who passed by the boy as he was being robbed.
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"Another man and woman were seen leaving the area in their car at the time of the incident.
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Current: Future Applications of Small-Angle Scattering to Soft Matter
Future Applications of Small-Angle Scattering to Soft Matter
Future Applications of Small-Angle Scattering to Soft Matter is being organised by SCI's Colloid & Surface Chemistry Group and the RSC's Colloid & Interface Science Group; with support from the RSC/IoP Neutron Scattering Group and the ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source.
Ever since Michael Faraday first observed what would later become known as the Tyndall effect, the scattering of radiation has occupied a key place amongst the armoury of techniques for the characterisation of soft condensed matter systems, the foundation of modern nanotechnology.
With the advent of the synchrotron storage ring, laboratory light scattering rapidly gave way to small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), but at about the same time the new atomic age provided a complementary technique: small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Not only were neutrons more penetrating, allowing more sophisticated sample environments, but (unlike X-rays) they scattered differently from different isotopes, most notably hydrogen and deuterium. The latter swiftly led to the method of contrast matching, a means of 'tuning in' on different components in a complex mixture, and which is now a routine experimental protocol.
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The availability and capability of neutron sources, and their SANS instruments, have changed enormously in the intervening years: reactor-based sources are giving way to accelerator-driven sources, spatial and temporal resolution have improved, as has the dynamic range of instruments, and many experiments now routinely couple simultaneous auxillary in-situ techniques (rheometry, stop-flow, DLS, etc). With construction of the €2bn European Spallation Source already underway in Sweden (to which the UK is a contributor) even greater promise awaits the soft matter community in the second half of the next decade.
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A few decades ago I started a post-production company focusing very specifically at one small sector of the market: TV and cinema ads. Our target market was very niche. We only worked with production companies and ad agencies. Everything was bespoke and tailor-made from scratch. And then things changed. The world fell apart financially but the internet improved dramatically and social media platforms erupted. We quickly realised that hidden in all this chaos lay a massive opportunity. There was an urgent need for digital video content but it had to be very cost effective.
The one sector needed really good quality, cost-effective but more "bespoke" digital video content for audio visual presentations, their websites and/or social media platforms. For this sector we created a division called ROWDi who would produce digital content according to specific briefs and requirements. And then there is the other sector who also need engaging, good quality digital video content for their social media pages but have very limited production budgets. For this sector we created ADLib. A division that creates "readymade" digital content that can be used by many thus reducing costs dramatically.
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When I was asked to speak at my oldest daughter's school about what I did for a living and she wasn't embarrassed to say "Yes that's my dad" when I was finished.
Passion, perseverance, patience, and people.
No matter how brilliant the idea is you have to get it out there. No matter how small and/or simple, you have to have a marketing strategy and stick to it. We had an idea that was so brilliant we knew we wouldn't have to spend any time or money marketing it. How wrong we were.
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My monthly rates, water and electricity bills. I still hold my breath and pray every month just before opening them.
After almost 30 years, I still get nervous before presenting new work. I see this as a sign that the passion is still there. I still don't consider what I do – "a job". I take ownership of each and every project and treat it as if it were my own and not my client's. The clients we work with seem to like that a lot. I use my heart and gut to make creative decisions not my head. I try to never take things personally but being in a creative environment and industry it is sometimes very difficult to do. Take all the compliments and put them in your pocket not in your head. Always give credit where it is due. Remember that it takes a village to raise a child. And finally from day one this has been my or our mantra: "Try to deliver more than you promise, be utterly professional but above all have fun doing it." And so far, it seems to have worked.
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Q: PNP circuit - The Art of Electronics I was reading the BJT section of The Art of Electronics on page 77 Figure 2.10.B.
Shouldn't the divider voltage sit at 14.4 V rather than 11.6 V? the opposite what the author mentioned. Since if 3 is in saturation, the base voltage of 3 should be ~0.6 V lower than the collector which is 14.4 V.

The "divider" formed by 2 3 may be confusing: 3's job is to keep 3 off when 2 is off; and when 2 pulls its collector low, most of its collector current comes from 3's base (because only ∼0.6 mA of the 4.4 mA collector current comes from 3 - make sure you understand why).
That is, 3 does not have much effect on 3's saturation. Another way to say it is that the divider would sit at about +11.6 V (rather than +14.4 V), were it not for 3's base-emitter diode, which consequently gets most of 2's collector current. In any case, the value of 3 is not critical and could be made larger; the tradeoff is slower turn-off of 3, owing to capacitive effects.12

Figure 2.10. Switching the high side of a load returned to ground.

12) But don't make it too small: 3 would not switch at all if 3 were reduced to 100 Ω (why?). We were surprised to see this basic error in an instrument, the rest of which displayed circuit design of the highest sophistication.

A: The text clearly states that the base-emitter junction of Q3 dominates the voltage across R3. If Vcc supply is +15 volts, this 'locks' the voltage at the base of Q3 at +15-.6, or about 14.4 volts. The 0.6 volt B-E drop is an average, as bjt transistors (NPN and PNP) have a B-E drop of about .55volts to .65 volts, depending on its beta and the manufactures needs. Notice the comment that R3 could be increased a great deal, to 10K perhaps. The only minor penalty would be a slower response due to transistor capacitance. R1, R2 and R3 could also be lower by 50%, increasing the response speed of the circuit, but at the small penalty of a higher 'ON' current.

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Producers have signed on funnyman Will Ferrell to help out boost some of the successful show's numbers during the season's home stretch. Ferrell will co-star in a four-episode arc later this season. Ferrell will play a branch manager who arrives from the home office and proves to be just as inept as Michael Scott. Looking forward to seeing Ferrell on the show and taking on his new character.


Just after 4.00pm yesterday, we were called to Walker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, to assist a man who had fallen and suffered serious head injuries in a house.
Just after 4.00pm yesterday, we were called to Walker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, to assist a man who had fallen and suffered serious head injuries in a house. GNAAS was called to assist North East Ambulance Service with treating the 68-year-old. The doctor-led aircrew assessed and anaesthetised the patient before he was transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by road ambulance. He arrived in a stable condition.


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Are you interested in teaching your kids the ABCs and 123s?
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Q: Where can I get more storage probes? I currently only have 3 storage probes at the end of chapter 5. My miranium ticks for about 14k but my storage is only 17k. Where can I get more storage probes?

A: Here are the locations of every storage probe in the game:
Storage Probes:

*

*Chapter 3

*Chapter 4

*Chapter 6

*Chapter 11

*Kirsty quests (x3)

*Sylvalum : In a cave, north east of Spot 401

*Cauldros : On the edge, south segment under spot 514

*Complete Collectapedia of (blue crystal like) items in Cauldros

To get the Ares-90 (a strong post-game Skell) you only need 100k storage, which does not require all the storage probes. I'm mentioning this just so nobody feels compelled to grind out the Cauldros Collectapedia. It can be done as follows:


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Bonifacio Day today last held on November 30
byHonor Blanco Cabie
Today, the 101st anniversary of the celebration of Bonifacio Day, will be the last this country of 114 million will mark on this date the birth of the Supreme President of the secret revolutionary society the Katipunan.
FOR KA ANDRES. Workers from the Manila City Hall Engineering Department cleaning the statue of national hero Andres Bonifacio along C.M. Recto in Manila on Tuesday, while Department of Public Works and Highways staff cleans the surroundings of the Bonifacio Monument at Caloocan City in preparation for Bonifacio Day, a national holiday, today. Norman Cruz and Manny Palmero
Next year, by virtue of Proclamation 90, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on November 11, the birth of Andres Bonifacio as a legal holiday will be moved to November 27, pursuant to what officials described as "holiday economics."
And whatever date in the following years depending on what Monday would be nearest to November 30, unless the Proclamation would be amended.
"There is a need to adjust these holidays (regular and special non-working days) pursuant to the principle of holiday economics wherein a longer weekend will help encourage domestic travel and increase tourism expenditures in the country," the proclamation read.
The term "holiday economics" became a hackneyed phrase during the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration when a 2017 law—Republic Act 9492—moved certain holidays to Mondays.
In observance of Bonifacio Day (which falls on a Thursday for 2023), the proclamation declared November 27—the nearest Monday to November 30—as a non-working holiday pursuant to RA 9492.
Even a holiday falling on a Wednesday may be moved to the Monday of the same week.
If it falls on a Sunday, the holiday may be observed on the Monday that follows.
For the other holidays that could be moved, the president is required under RA 9492 to issue a proclamation on the changes at least six months before they occur.
Tourism Secretary Maria Esperanza Christina Frasco, at 40 years old the youngest member of the Marcos Cabinet, immediately welcomed the prospect of longer holiday weekends as from next year.
Some looked at the longer weekends as an opportunity to go on what was described as "revenge travels" after they were grounded for more than two years by the sweeping COVID-19 pandemic which hit the country in mid-March of 2020, killing nearly 64,600 and infecting more than four million men and women, including the young and the elderly.
Hopes of reviving tourism through holiday economics are being buoyed by the easing of pandemic restrictions since the start of the year, particularly for foreign visitors.
As of Nov. 14, the Department of Tourism said visitor arrivals to the Philippines reached 2.025 million since the gradual easing of pandemic restrictions in late 2020.
Of this number, 1.5 million, or 73 percent, are foreigners while 538,078, or 27 percent, are overseas Filipinos while visitor arrivals between February and September this year generated an initially estimated P100.7 billion in tourism earnings, according to the DOT.
Historically, the celebration of November 30 as Bonifacio Day started when the Philippine Legislature, approving a bill filed by Senator Lope K. Santos, enacted Act 2946 on February 16, 1921 making the date of each year a legal holiday to mark the birth of Bonifacio in Tondo, Manila in 1863.
Unlike Rizal Day, held on the death anniversary of José Rizal, Bonifacio Day is celebrated on his birth date because of the controversial events on which Bonifacio was executed by his fellow revolutionaries during the Philippine Revolution.
Rizal Day, a regular holiday, is celebrated on December 30 to commemorate the life and works of Rizal, celebrated as a national hero who was executed in 1896 at Bagumbayan, now Luneta, in Manila.
As from 2013, the center of the Bonifacio Day celebration today—shortly after sunrise at 6.04 am—will be the premises of the 13.7-meter-tall Bonifacio Monument, sculpted by Guillermo Tolentino, in Caloocan, which recalls the Philippine Revolution headed by Bonifacio who had urged his men to rise against the colonial rule of Spain.
It was on November 30, 2013, the sesquicentennial of Bonifacio's birth and the 80th anniversary of the monument's unveiling, that the obelisk area became the center of celebration of Bonifacio Day.
The obelisk is made up of five parts representing five aspects of the society "Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Highest and Most Venerable Association of the Sons of the Nation)."
It is crowned by a figure with wings representing triumph. Below the vertical pylon 20 figures cast in bronze have been molded over an octagonal shaped plinth, plus one angel of peace at the top.
The octagon represents the eight provinces who fought against Spain and also represents eight rays of the Katipunan flag.
The plinth is raised in three steps, each step representing the three centuries of Spanish rule – 333 years from 1565 to 1898, known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City until the independence of the Mexican empire from Spain in 1821.
These monument figures are a representation of the people of the Philippines, who, by historical accounts, faced inequality, agony and suppression under the colonial rule which eventually ended in an armed revolution in 1896.
The main central image of the monument holds a bolo or machete—itak or gulok in Tagalog; sundang in Bisaya; tabak in Bicol; and buneng or badang among Ilocanos – in the right hand and a gun in the other hand.
At the back of the central figure a flag of the Katipunan in an unfurled state is depicted.
Historical documents show Bonifacio's call to take arms against the Spanish rule was given on August 23, 1896, now known as the "Cry of Pugad Lawin."
The cornerstone was formally laid by Aurora Quezon, wife of Senate President and later President Manuel Quezon.
Tags: Andres BonifacioBonifacio DayFerdinand Marcos Jr.
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Watch the Spectacular First 6 Minutes of "Baby Driver"
featured, Movies
Columbia Pictures has just released the six-minute Baby Driver opening scene online which encapsulates the acclaimed film's energetic spirit and cool vibe.
Check out the scene at https://youtu.be/6XMuUVw7TOM and watch Baby Driver in Philippine cinemas on August 02, 2017.
"The movie is structured so it opens with the dream of being a getaway driver, and very quickly turns into the nightmare of being a criminal," says director and screenwriter Edgar Wright. "The opening chase is sort of positioned as a clockwork act of precision. Everything goes right. Then very quickly, with subsequent situations, things start to go wrong, and very visceral consequences start to bear down. The storm clouds have been gathering during the movie. At some point, Baby's luck is gonna run out."
In the film, a talented, young getaway driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Full of reversals, rewinds, fast forwards and heart-stopping skips, and inspired by the types of crime-and-chase movies that have thrilled moviegoers since Steve McQueen in a revved-up Mustang changed car pursuits forever, Baby Driver is a game-changing, lane-changing, hard-charging blast only Wright could have dreamed up.
Baby Driver stars Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Kevin Spacey ("House of Cards"), Lily James (Cinderella), Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead"), Eiza Gonzalez ("From Dusk til Dawn"), with Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Jamie Foxx (Sleepless).
Opening in Philippine cinemas in August 2, 2017, Baby Driver is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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It is true to state that electronic devices are very important and in very many ways. One very important thing that you must make sure that you know of is that through these devices, there are chances that you may be able to achieve so much. One of the most important things that you may need to make sure that you have is MacBook. One of the most important things that you will have to make sure that you have done is to look for the covers of the macbook because they need to have covers. There are certain things that you will have to make sure that you have done for you to be able to find a good cover for your macbook. Below in this article are some of the most important things that you may have to make sure that you have done for you to be able to find the best cover for your macbook.
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A specialist in the renewable energy sector and one of the world's largest wind energy producers, announces a cooperation agreement with Thermal Recycling of Composites (TRC).
EDPR has signed an agreement with TRC to develop viable, maximum-efficiency alternatives for recycling wind turbine blades that are no longer in use.
A spin-off of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC), for the implementation of a wind turbine blade recycling programme and the launch of the new R3FIBER system. The signing was attended by João Manso Neto, CEO of EDPR, Oriol Grau, CEO of TRC, and Javier Etxabe, who represented CSIC's Vice presidency for knowledge transfer as head of the results protection and promotion of technology-based companies unit.
This pilot initiative will apply to faulty or damaged wind turbine blades that need to be replaced, and, in the future, blades from EDPR wind farms that have reached the end of their life cycle. The management of wind energy waste is a growing concern. This waste does not yet stand at significant volumes as the wind energy business has only been developed recently. To address the situation of managing this non-hazardous waste going forward, EDPR has partnered with TRC to create a new, sustainable system that allows wind turbine blades to be put to use.
R3FIBER technology was developed by TRC and a team at CSIC's National Center for Metallurgical Research led by Félix López Gomez. The technology is based on fully using materials without producing waste, through a process of thermochemical transformation that converts the resins of combustible gases and liquid fuels into glass or carbon fibers that can then be reused. If the blades contain carbon fibers, there are no limitations on the use of composites or on the management of material, since the technology is applicable to components made from both fiberglass and carbon fiber.
R3FIBER technology fully harnesses mass, energy and the reuse of materials. It is the only technology that creates high-quality fibers (without resins) that are suitable for reuse. It is sustainable, because it does not generate waste, and efficient because it allows for maximum energy recovery.
Spain is ranked fourth in the world for installed wind power capacity, behind China, the United States and Germany. Of all Spanish wind farms, 60% are more than 15 years old, and some of them will reach the end of their life cycle in the coming years. This pioneering project, undertaken by EDPR and TRC, could solve the problem of dealing with this waste, reducing the environmental impact of wind energy.
Wind turbines are made of recyclable material, mainly metals. Therefore, the main challenge currently lies in the blades, which are composed of complex materials. The role of companies such as EDPR is essential for the transition toward a sustainable economy, and particularly in supporting solutions that address the challenge of recycling wind turbine blades at the end of their lifespan.


The training plan had running, but I decided to do Saturday's workout today and keep my running to Saturdays.
I rowed it as a "just row" which was good, because in the second set, I forgot to start the second interval. My thoughts carried me away and when I looked at the PM again, I was 30 seconds late, so I decided to start one minute late. Luckily, the interval editor on rowsandall.com allows for that. There were a few other intervals where I started a few seconds late, leading to a worse average. I basically pulled 1:41 or 1:42 pace, occasionally 1:40 or 1:39.
Again, I didn't really know how to pace this, but the long rest between the sets made this quite irrelevant. The main constraint was the stroke rate. I personally would have rated up a bit, and you can see from the stats that I did hit 30spm most of the time, and rarely went down to 28spm.
After that, I did a 2km cooling down.
As I have two lighter weeks, I stay with this plan, but I will have to diplomatically ask our head coach how he determins this plan's intensity.


Robert Heron Epson Livingstation LS57P2 The Livingstation is an interesting twist on HDTV, adding photo management and printing to the mix. It also carries a very competitive price tag. But limited controls and image-quality issues prevent it from being on our short list.
Vibrant colors. Responsive and easily navigated menu system. Picture-outside-picture mode. Integrated dye sublimation printer and media card slots let you view and print digital pictures without a PC.
Green bias can affect skin tones. All inputs share a common set of display adjustment presets. Remote control lacks a keypad backlight. External ATSC tuner consumes one of two available component inputs. No HDMI input. Cannot save captured TV images as files. Cannot capture or print images from DVI/VGA sources.
The Livingstation is an interesting twist on HDTV, adding photo management and printing to the mix. It also carries a very competitive price tag. But limited controls and image-quality issues prevent it from being on our short list.
The Epson Livingstation LS57P2 is a native 720p rear-projection TV (RPTV) that pulls double-duty as a tool to view, edit, print, and store digital images. Using a three-LCD engine, the Livingstation boasts excellent image quality without the "rainbow" artifacts perceived by some people when viewing single-chip DLP displays. The Livingstation's many extras will appeal to some, but the mixed image quality of this HDTV has us thinking twice.
With a screen measuring 57 inches diagonally, the Livingstation is ideal for big rooms with viewing distances of at least 8 feet. Come any closer and the "screen-door" effect of the LCD-based display becomes readily apparent. In addition, the Livingstation exhibited a slight shimmering when displaying solid, bright images such as a blue sky or a close-up of a sports jersey.
Fresh out of the box and warmed up, the LS57P2 exhibited a strong green bias that discolored skin tones. This was especially noticeable when viewing sporting events with lots of green in the image (like any sport played on grass). We confirmed this later on tests using the Konica Minolta CA-210 colorimeter and Milori's ColorFacts software: The Livingstation made half-dead lawns look lively. Even after spending considerable time adjusting and tuning the display, we were never quite satisfied with the resulting images.
Surprisingly, the Livingstation rendered the rest of our test material very well. Standard and high-definition television, as well as DVD video, appeared very detailed, with well-saturated colors. Sports fans and other multitasking TV viewers will appreciate the LS57P2's split-screen or picture-outside-picture (POP) mode, although this feature works only with component, DVI, and PC (VGA) inputs.
Epson includes a standalone ATSC tuner for receiving over-the-air (OTA) digital broadcasts—a welcome feature. Unfortunately, the tuner consumed one of the two available component inputs. Inexplicably, it provided analog RGB output, but no such input was available on the back of the Livingstation. An integrated tuner utilizing a digital video interface would have saved the precious few component inputs for other things.
The Livingstation offers a PC-free way of viewing, managing, and printing your digital photos. Media card slots accessible from the front of the display accept CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, and SD/MMC. Epson also includes a mail-in offer for a free xD-Picture Card adapter, but Memory Stick Pro/Pro Duo users must find an alternative. An included external (USB) 52x CD recorder attaches to a port on the rear of the Livingstation and provides a means of backing up images from inserted media cards.
The Livingstation's integrated dye sublimation printer produced decent-looking 4-by-6 prints. A nifty freeze-frame function let us capture on-screen content and print it. Unfortunately, this feature did not work with DVI or VGA sources, and we could not save the captured images as files.
The Livingstation's remote control has comfortable button spacing and a good overall design. A physical switch at the top of the remote allows for programming the basic controls of two set-top boxes, as well as a VCR and DVD player. Too bad the lack of a backlight or glow-in-the-dark buttons rendered the remote unusable in a darkened room.
An Epson representative mentioned that the Livingstation P2 series adds several new adjustments to the internal service menus used by calibration experts. While fine for owners willing to spend the time and money to hire a professional, we would like to see Epson upgrade the user-adjustable controls, starting with a global factory reset switch. In addition, each input should have an independent set of calibration presets rather than the shared group it provides.
The Livingstation LS57P2 is a unique HDTV that offers simplified digital photo tools. But it will not satisfy those looking for the best image quality right out of the box.
Bottom Line: The Livingstation is an interesting twist on HDTV, adding photo management and printing to the mix. It also carries a very competitive price tag. But limited controls and image-quality issues prevent it from being on our short list.


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Kentucky man charged with assaulting federal officer at U.S. Capitol riot
Gulf oil spill: Kevin Costner donates 'Ocean Therapy' invention to clean oil from sea; BP OK's tests
By HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER |
Ships make their way through surface oil near a barge funnelling off oil from the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon wellhead Tuesday. (Beltra/Greenpeace)
Could there be a happy Hollywood ending to the Gulf oil spill?
Enter "Waterworld" star Kevin Costner, who has spent years and millions of dollars perfecting a device that cleans oil from seawater.
British Petroleum - desperate for ideas - gave the okay to test six of Costner's gizmos this week, said BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles.
Costner's high-speed centrifuge machine has a Los Angeles-perfect name: "Ocean Therapy."
Placed on a barge, it sucks in large quantities of polluted water, separates out the oil and spits back 97% clean water.
"It's like a big vacuum cleaner," said Costner's business partner, Louisiana trial lawyer John Houghtaling.
"The machines are basically sophisticated centrifuge devices that can handle a huge volume of water," he said.
The "Field of Dreams" star first got a team together to create the device in the wake of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska.
His scientist brother, Dan Costner, helped develop the device, and together, the brothers formed Costner Industries Nevada Corp. to pursue various energy projects, including a non-chemical battery that could last 15 years.
The 55-year-old actor eventually sank $26 million into the Ocean Therapy oil separator project. He obtained a license for the device from the Department of Energy in 1993 and has been trying for years to promote it.
In 2007, he told London's Daily Mail that he had blown millions on "technologies I thought would help the world" and had nothing to show for it.
"I've lost $40 million-plus," he said. "But I knew that if I was right, it would change things in an incredibly positive way."
Last week, he was in Louisiana seeking redemption, demonstrating his Ocean Therapy contraption.
"I'm just really happy that the light of day has come to this," Costner said.
Though reporters largely greeted his ideas with snickers, BP apparently wasn't laughing.
At least 210,000 gallons of oil per day is gushing into the sea from the ocean floor where the BP rig exploded April 20. The oil company has tried several novel solutions, but none has worked so far to plug the leak.
The company is skimming the oil, spraying it with dispersant chemicals underwater and trying to burn it on the surface.
Nineteen percent of the Gulf's lucrative fisheries are closed, billions of beach tourist dollars are at stake and dozens of seagoing species are threatened.
Costner has 300 of his Ocean Therapy machines in various sizes. The largest, at 21/2 tons, is able to clean water at a rate of 200 gallons a minute - faster than the well is leaking, Houghtaling noted.
Meanwhile, the 50 or so tar balls that washed up this week in the Florida Keys are not from the BP spill, the Coast Guard announced, temporarily calming tourism jitters.
"The source of the tar balls remains unknown at this time," the Coast Guard said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a tendril of oil from the slick entered the Loop Current that leads to the Gulf Stream yesterday, prompting fresh fears for Florida's tourist industry.
A counterclockwise eddy in the Loop Current that might keep the oil contained - at least for now - has been observed, NOAA said.
NOAA set up a "virtual Incident Command Center" in St. Petersburg, Fla., just in case.
hkennedy@nydailynews.com


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Q: How can I run NUnit tests in parallel? I've got a large acceptance test (~10 seconds per test) test suite written using NUnit. I would like to make use of the fact that my machines are all multiple core boxes. Ideally, I'd be able to have one test running per core, independently of other tests.
There is PNUnit, but it's designed for testing for threading synchronization issues and things like that, and I didn't see an obvious way to accomplish this.
Is there a switch/tool/option I can use to run the tests in parallel?

A: As an alternative to adding the Parallelizable attribute to every test class:
Add this into the test project AssemblyInfo.cs class for nunit3 or greater:
// Make all tests in the test assembly run in parallel
[assembly: Parallelizable(ParallelScope.Fixtures)]

A: If you want to run NUnit tests in parallel, there are at least 2 options:

*

*NCrunch offers it out of the box (without changing anything, but is a commercial product)

*NUnit 3 offers a Parallelizable attribute, which can be used to denote which tests can be run in parallel

A: In this article it is mentioned that in order to speed up tests the poster runs multiple instances of NUnit with command parameters specifying which tests each instance should run.
FTA:

I  ran into an odd problem.
We use nunit-console to run test on
  our continuous integration server.
  Recently we were moving from Nunit
  2.4.8 to 2.5.5 and from .Net 3.5 to 4.0. To speed up test execution we run multiple instances of Nunit in
  parallel  with different command line
  arguments

*

*We have two copies of our test assemblies and the nunit binaries in
  folder A and B.

*In folder A we execute

  nunit-console-x86.exe Model.dll
  Test.dll /exclude:MyCategory
  /xml=TestResults.xml
  /framework=net-4.0 /noshadow

*

*In folder B we execute

  nunit-console-x86.exe Model.dll
  Test.dll /include:MyCategory
  /xml=TestResults.xml
  /framework=net-4.0 /noshadow
If we execute the commands in sequence
  both run successfully. But if we
  execute them in parallel only one
  succeeds. As far as I can tell it's
  the  one that first loads the test
  fixtures. The other fails with the
  message  "Unable to locate fixture".
Is this problem already known? I could
  not find anything related in the bug
  list on launchpad. BTW Our server runs
  Windows Server 2008 64-bit. I could
  also reproduce the  problem on Windows
  7 64-bit.

Assuming this bug is fixed or you are not running the newer version(s) of the software mentioned you should be able to replicate their technique.
Update
TeamCity looks like a tool you can use to automatically run NUnit tests.  They have an NUnit launcher discussed here that could be used to launch multiple NUnit instances.  Here is a blog post discussing the mergind of multiple NUnit XML results into a single result file.
So theoretically you could have TeamCity automatically launch multiple NUnit tests based on however you want to split up the workload and then merge the results into a single file for post test processing.
Is that automated enough for your needs?

A: NUnit version 3 will support running tests in parallel:
Adding the attribute to a class: [Parallelizable(ParallelScope.Self)] will run your tests in parallel.

• ParallelScope.None  indicates that the test may not be run in parallel
  with other tests.
•  ParallelScope.Self  indicates that the test
  itself may be run in parallel with other tests.
• ParallelScope.Children  indicates that the descendants of the test may
  be run in parallel with respect to one another.
• ParallelScope.Fixtures  indicates that fixtures may be run in parallel
  with one another.

NUnit Framework-Parallel-Test-Execution

A: Just because PNUnit can do synchronization inside test code doesn't mean that you actually have to use that aspect. As far as I can see there's nothing to prevent you from just spawning a set and ignoring the rest till you need it.
BTW I don't have the time to read all of their source but was curious to check out the Barrier class and it's a very simple lock counter. It just waits till N threads enter and then sends the pulse for all of them to continue running at the same time. That's all there is to it - if you don't touch it, it won't bite you.
Might be a bit counter intuitive for a normal threaded development (locks are normally used to serialize access - 1 by 1) but it is quite a spirited diversion :-)

A: You can now use NCrunch to parallelize your unit tests and you can even configure how many cores should be used by NCrunch and how many should be used by Visual Studio.
plus you get continuous testing as a bonus :)

A: It would be a bit of a hack, but you could split the unit tests into a number of categories. Then, start up a new instance of NUnit for each category.
Edit: It looks like they have added a /process option to the console app. The command-line help states this is the "Process model for tests: Single, Separate, Multiple".  The test runner also appears to have this feature.
Edit 2: Unfortunately, although it does create separate processes for each assembly, the process isolation option (/process from the command line) runs the agents one at a time.

A: Since the project hasn't been mentioned here, I would like to bring up NUnit.Multicore. I haven't tried the project myself, but it seems to have an interesting approach to the parallel test problem with NUnit.

A: You can try my small tool TBox or console parallel Runner or even plugin to do distributed calulations, which also can run unit tests on  the set of PCs SkyNet
TBox is created to simplify work with big solutions, which contains many projects. It supports many plugins and one of them provide ability to run NUnit tests in parallel. This plugin does not require any changes to your existing tests.
Also it support:

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*Cloning of the folder with unit test (if your tests changes local data),

*Synchronizations of the tests (for example if your tests on
testfixtureteardown kills all dev servers or chromerunner for qunit )

*x86 mode and Admin privileges to run tests

*Batch run - you can run tests for many assemblies in parallel

*Even for single thread run, works faster than standart nunit runner, if you have much small tests.
Also this tool supports command line tests runner (for parallel run) and you can use it with continuous integration.

A: If your project contains multiple test DLLs you can run them in parallel using this MSBuild script.  Obviously you'll need to tweak the paths to suit your project layout.
To run with 8 cores run with: c:\proj> msbuild /m:8 RunTests.xml
RunTests.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="RunTestsInParallel" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
    <Nunit Condition=" '$(Nunit)' == '' ">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\tools\nunit-console-x86.exe</Nunit>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- see http://mikefourie.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/running-targets-in-parallel-in-msbuild/ -->

  <Target Name="RunTestsInParallel">
    <ItemGroup>
      <TestDlls Include="..\bin\Tests\$(Configuration)\*.Tests.dll" />
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
      <TempProjects Include="$(MSBuildProjectFile)" >
        <Properties>TestDllFile=%(TestDlls.FullPath)</Properties>
      </TempProjects>
    </ItemGroup>

    <MSBuild Projects="@(TempProjects)" BuildInParallel="true" Targets="RunOneTestDll" />
  </Target>

  <Target Name="RunOneTestDll">
    <Message Text="$(TestDllFile)" />
    <Exec Command="$(Nunit) /exclude=Integration $(TestDllFile)  /labels /xml:$(TestDllFile).results.xml"
      WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\bin\Tests\$(Configuration)" />
  </Target>

</Project>

Update
If I were answering this question now I would highly recommend NCrunch and its command line test running tool for maximum test run performance.  There's nothing like it and it'll revolutionise your code-test-debug cycle at the same time.

A: I have successfully used NUnit 3.0.0 beta-4 to run tests in parallel

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*Runs on build server

*Runs Selenium tests

*Has Visual Studio support

*no Resharper support yet

Thanks for peers answer.
Gotchas:

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*Parallelizable attribute is not inherited, so it has to be specified on the test class.

A: You can use following PowerShell command (for NUnit3, for NUnit2 change runner name):
PS> nunit3-console (ls -r *\bin\Debug\*.Tests.dll | % FullName | sort-object -Unique)

Presented command runs all test assemblies in single nunit instance, which allows to leverage engine built-in parallel test run.
Remarks

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*Remember to tweak directory search pattern. Given example runs only assemblies ending with .Tests.dll and inside \bin\Debug directories.

*Be aware of Unique filtering - you may not want to have it.

A: To achieve level of parallelism ensure to do these two:
1)Nunit Explorer - Settings - Run tests in parallel
2)LevelOfParallelism
This is an assembly-level attribute used to specify the level of parallelism, that is, the maximum number of worker threads executing tests in the assembly.
In Assemblyinfo.cs, set
[assembly:LevelOfParallelism(N)] => here N is number


spring classic horse show will be on may 18-19, 2019 in katy, tx at the gswec.
***IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE SHOW VENUE: All horses (showing or non-showing) coming on Great Southwest Equestrian Center property must have a health certificate written within seven days upon arriving on GSEC grounds. The health certificate must state that for the past 30 days the horse has not been treated or seen for an elevated temperature (in excess of 102 degrees) or exhibited any symptoms associated with an infectious disease. All horses must be accompanied by a copy of these health papers (current Coggins, proof of vaccination for Equine Influenza and EHV-1 or EHV-4 within six months of entry and a health certificate). Please have a copy to give to show personnel. Horses without these health papers may be asked to leave GSEC property.
Any breed/Any age handler…dress in your Debutante best to present your horse for the title of 2019 TASHA Pageant Queen or King! Bonus points awarded to RESCUE Horses & Handler's Debutante themed costumes. $50 entry donated entirely to SBR. Be ready for interview questions in the line-up! See full description and entry form for more details.
Form a team for a relay race! Collect sponsorships (minimum $50 to enter) and get ready to Hop to a cash prize!!
Top two teams with the most sponsorships will get a 10 second head start. See full class description and pledge form for more details.
We want the TASHA youth to try their hand at judging based on US Equestrian guidelines. Sign-up before the show at the TASHA merchandise table to receive your rules & instructions.
Please join us ringside on Saturday evening for a wine & appetizer reception (water also provided). On Sunday, we will serve boxed lunches for all exhibitors & barn staff during the break.
Show profits and some merchandise sales will be allocated directly to our annual donations to these amazing organizations!
Plus all the usual exciting American Saddlebred Performance classes and Academy classes!!!
Plan your trip now—we'll see you in KATY!!
What a great event!! We came, we saw, we ATE!! This was a fun couple of hours of camaraderie and best wishes for a successful Pin Oak!
Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible for TASHA to host this event.
A presentation ceremony is scheduled for Friday March 22, 2019 during the saddlebred evening show at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show in Katy, TX. More details coming soon!
The membership of TASHA, LASHA, and NTASHA have approved a brand new awards program which begins THIS YEAR!! Details are being worked out, but as of now, to be eligible, you only need to be a member of ONE of the charter clubs: TASHA, NTASHA, or LASHA. Then, just exhibit your horse at any of the shows listed on the calendar and you will accrue points toward the year-end awards.
Please like & follow the Southwest Circuit Facebook page to stay informed of updates.
If you did not attend the TASHA Holiday show December 1-2, you can still join TASHA anytime using the link on our Membership page. OR, attend the next show on the calendar: Louisiana Carnival Show in February, and join the LASHA club. Details to join NTASHA are also on their website.
Can you Leave a Legacy??
The all new TASHA Legacy Trophy program will debut at the December show. Patrons will be able to select from a list of classes to award either a perpetual or challenge trophy to the winner. Trophies will be stored by TASHA and presented every year in December at the sponsor's direction.
These trophies will add some history and honor to the show!
The full details of the program are available by clicking here.


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Conviction is a word which refers to firmly held belief; in common legal terms, a conviction is the result when a court of law renders a verdict which finds a defendant guilty of a crime.
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To remember that once we were near the salvation of Christ, so near that our right hand might have touched and taken it, and after all that hand was withheld; this is a memory which will enhance remorse forever.
William Adams, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 165.
We do not desire that the unanimity of a jury should be the result of anything but the unanimity of conviction. It is true that a single juryman, or two or three constituting a small minority, may, if their own convictions are not strong and deeply rooted, think themselves justified in giving way to the majority. If is very true, if jurymen have only doubts or weak convictions, they may yield to the stronger and more determined view of their fellows; but I hold it to be of the essence of a juryman's duty, if he has a firm and deeply rooted conviction, either in the affirmative or the negative of the issue he has to try, not to give up that conviction, although the majority may be against him, from any desire to purchase his freedom from confinement or constraint, or the various other inconveniences to which jurors are subject.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, Winsor v. The Queen (1866), L. R. 1 Q. B. Ca. 305.
It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.
George Eliot, Adam Bede (1859)
No man ever truly believed, who was not first made sensible of unbelief. True conviction of sin — how difficult it is, when its appearances and modes of life are so fair, when it twines itself so cunningly about, or creeps so insidiously into, our amiable qualities, and sets off its internal disorders by so many outward charms and attractions.
Horace Bushnell, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 164.
In immediate feeling, one human being never understands the other. As soon as something happens to him personally, he understands everything differently. When he himself is suffering, he does not understand another's suffering, and when he himself is happy he still does not understand it. Immediate feeling selfishly understands everything in relation to itself and therefore is in the disunion of double-mindedness with all others, because there can be unity only in the soundly understood equality of sincerity, and in selfish shortsightedness his conviction is continually being changed, or it is chance that it is not changed, since the reason for this is that by chance his life is not touched by any change. But such firmness of conviction is a delusion on the part of the pampered, because a conviction is not firm when everything forces it upon one, as it were, and makes it firm, but its firmness manifests itself in the ups and downs of everything. Rarely, indeed, does a person's life avoid all changes, and in the changes the conviction of immediate feeling is a delusion, the momentary impression blown up into a view of life as a whole.
Søren Kierkegaard, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, 1847 p. 71-72.
I do not believe in violent changes, nor do I expect them. Things in possession have a very firm grip. One of the strongest cements of society is the conviction of mankind that the state of things into which they are born is a part of the order of the universe, as natural, let us say, as that the sun should go round the earth. It is a conviction that they will not surrender except on compulsion, and a wise society should look to it that this compulsion be not put upon them. For the individual man there is no radical cure, outside of human nature itself, for the evils to which human nature is heir.
James Russell Lowell, On Democracy (6 October 1884)
Es ist nicht der Kampf der Meinungen, welcher die Geschichte so gewaltthätig gemacht hat, sondern der Kampf des Glaubens an die Meinungen, das heisst der Ueberzeugungen.
Translation: It is not the struggle of opinions that has made history so violent, but rather the struggle of belief in opinions, that is, the struggle of convictions.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches (Human, All Too Human), Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / excerpt from aphorism 630, translated by Helen Zimmern (1878).
Whether anybody comes to convince me or not
a part of my life does always ache
arresting my chest.
Suman Pokhrel, in 'While Parting'
It is no certain evidence, that because the conscience feels the weight of sin, the heart is humbled on account of it; that because the conscience approves of the rectitude of the Divine justice, the heart bows to the Divine sovereignty. The most powerful conviction of sin, therefore, is not conclusive evidence of Christian character.
Gardiner Spring, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 165.
The most human thing about anyone is a thing he learns and … and earns. It's a thing he can't have when he's very young; if he gets it at all, he gets it after a long search and a deep conviction. After that it's truly part of him as long as he lives.
Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human, Chapter 3, p. 184 (1953)
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming (1921).
Conviction, it turns out, is a luxury of those standing on the sidelines.
A Beautiful Mind (film)
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Bagels Sept. 8, 2014
Torrisi Team to Debut Sadelle's Bagels, Sticky Buns at San Gennaro
The stand will be a preview of the team's new shop. Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine
Nothing wrong with funnel cakes and sausage coils. But when Feast of San Gennaro season approaches, the local food cognoscenti begin to wonder what surprises lie in store at team Torrisi's stand outside Parm. This year, our street-fair source, Italian patron saints division, tells us, it's … bagels. And not just any bagels, but a preview of the bagel and appetizing shop that the Torrisi boys will open next year with former Per Se and Roberta's baker Melissa Weller, a.k.a. the bagel avenger.
On the menu: Weller's naturally leavened plain and everything models (with a new-and-improved "everything" seasoning), plus Weller's own cultured chive cream cheese and house-cured salmon, not to mention the stupendous sticky buns with which she used to destroy the resolve of hapless dieters at Roberta's.
And here's another scoop: Both the stand, which will operate 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 12 to 14 and 19 to 21, and the forthcoming shop will be called Sadelle's, after partner Jeff Zalaznick's great-grandmother — "the only member of the extended family who could cook, with the possible exception of me," says Zalaznick.
melissa weller
parm
san gennaro


Do your knees quake at the mere thought of walking across a crowded room, just to say "hi" to someone? What if when you open your mouth a whole load of garbage comes out? What if they're not actually there to meet someone new? Just think how much easier it would be to say what you really mean in a well thought out email without fear of getting your lines muddled. And as the person you're emailing is on the same dating site as you, you already know they are online looking for a friend or a date!


The IDLmlVarianceNormalizer class implements a normalizer that will scale data to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, regardless of range.
A numerical array from which the normalizer will determine the proper normalization parameters. The array must be 2D, of size n x m, where n is the number of attributes and m is the number of examples.
The IDLmlVarianceNormalizer::Normalize method computes the normalization of input data.
This method can be invoked as a procedure or a function. The procedure syntax is faster and more efficient, but it overwrites the Data argument. The function syntax is less efficient, but it leaves the input argument untouched.
If called as a procedure, the normalized array will overwrite the input Data argument. If called as a function, the return value will be an array with the same dimensions as Data, which contains the normalized result.
Specify a scalar, 1D array or 2D array of data to normalize.
If the data is 2D, the array must be of size n x m, where n is the number of attributes and m is the number of examples. If the data is 1D, the array must be of size n (number of attributes).
The IDLmlVarianceNormalizer::Restore static method restores the normalizer from a file.
The IDLmlVarianceNormalizer::Save method saves the normalizer to a file.
The IDLmlVarianceNormalizer::Unnormalize method returns normalized data to its original values.
If called as a procedure, the unnormalized array will overwrite the input Data argument. If called as a function, the return value will be an array with the same dimensions as Data, which contains the unnormalized result.


Embark on this tour anytime you want as this is not a seasonal tour!
This tour is superb and explored so many good places, especially those beautiful beaches and saw all cute cows!! Would definitely recommend my friends to join this tour!!
Embark on this tour around Okinawa's most popular islands, Iriomote, Yubu, and Taketomi! Go island hopping, ride boats, go sightseeing in buffalo carts, taste traditional Okinawan cuisine, enjoy lush botanical gardens, and more! Your tour begins when you depart from your chosen meet up location on Ishigaki Island. From Ishigaki Port Terminal, you'll be taking a boat to Ohara Port on Iriomate Island. Enjoy the views of the waters when you go on a boat tour around this island while enjoying the scenic sights of Nakagawa River's Red Forest. Take a bus to the buffalo car and ride this one-of-a-kind experience of being pulled by a buffalo to Yubu Island. It is here where the Yubu Botanical Gardens are, a lush destination filled with beautiful greeneries. Enjoy a lunch as well of top quality Okinawan cuisine as you enjoy the natural ambiance around you. You'll be riding a bus back to the Ohara Port and embark on another boat to Taketomi Island this time. More buffalo car rides await you for even more sightseeing, and you can also walk around the Taketomi old street and listen to music of three-string chords. Take in the area before returning to Ishigaki Port, where you'll be taken back to your selected location. If you can't get enough fo the tour, you can choose to stay on Taketomi and explore and return to Ishigaki by yourself.
This tour is superb and explored so many good places, especially those beautiful beaches and saw all cute cows!! Would definitely recommend my friends to join this tour!! This tour is superb and explored so many good places, especially those beautiful beaches and saw all cute cows!! Would definitely recommend my friends to join this tour!!
It is hard to visit a company if you take a tour directly from Ishigaki Port. If you go to the second vendor at the end of the information label, give the sticker and schedule. On request, you can receive machines in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. It's just a basic explanation, so I do not think you can get it. I was quite nervous because I had to go through the guided tour without a guide. Luckily group tourists followed the same route because they were on the same route. The food from lunch was also good and the experience of water buffalo ride was wonderful. It is tempting to go to several islands at once. 이시가키 항에서 바로 투어에 참가할 경우 업체를 찾아가는 게 힘듭니다. 안내판에서 인포메이션이라고 적힌 끝에서 두 번째 업체를 찾아가면 스티커와 일정표를 줍니다. 요청 시 일본어, 영어, 중국어, 한국어로 된 기계를 받을 수 있습니다. 기본적인 설명만 들어 있어서 굳이 안 받아도 될 것 같습니다. 가이드 없이 알아서 투어시간을 맞춰 진행해야 해서 꽤 긴장했습니다. 운 좋게 단체여행객이 동일루트라서 눈치껏 따라 갔습니다. 점심으로 나온 음식도 괜찮고 물소를 타는 체험도 신기했습니다. 한꺼번에 여러 섬을 간다는 게 매력적입니다.


Susan Murphy and Don Carson welcome back aerialists from Athens, Georgia's Canopy Studio!
Athens, Georgia's Canopy Studio Repertory Company, a group of aerialists who perform professionally, will be returning to our Marsh Studio in Darien, GA on June 9 for what's become an annual reunion with me, the founder of Canopy. About a dozen of the current company will offer pieces on dance trapeze, rope, aerial silks, lyra and other apparatus. As part of our performance tradition, I will collaboratively create (the day before!) a piece on a special piece of apparatus with several company members.


When I visited this micropub around five months after it had opened, I soon realised that it had achieved some sort of a record as it had changed its name already. It was the Bimble Inn (the significance of the title is not known) but has now changed to being the Bumble Inn, which only makes slightly more sense. Apparently the original name was legally challenged, amazing!
This is a very welcome addition to the Peterborough drinking scene, being very close to the railway station and almost opposite the bus station. It is one of the new wave micropubs inasmuch that it also sells "craft" keg, bottled and canned beers. I realise that the self-appointed micropub police force will have something to say about that, but the only criterion that should be acknowledged is that this excellent little pub sells no less than five cask beers. Why they worry about drinks they will never consume is beyond me!
Opening day was Monday 13th June 2016. It is the brainchild of Tom Beran along with his wife Michelle.
They already operate the well-respected Coalheavers Arms in the Woodston district of Peterborough. It is certainly noticeable from the street with its sky-blue frontage; it certainly caught my eye long before I arrived outside.
It has a very plain and simple internal layout that seats around thirty-five drinkers. The entrance door is in the middle of what was formally the premises of a pharmacy. Once inside I could see that the bar counter was on the left of the room. In front of it on the left were two tables for four. On the right, where I settled, there are three tall tables, each with six high seats.
There are also two shelves at the back of the room with two chairs in front of them and other loose seats around the room to augment the existing arrangement. The left side wall is covered with a woodland scene.
The predominant colour of the pub's walls are sage green and the right side wall has the pub's logo along with the motto: "you bimble in & bumble out".
Tom was the barman that day and I looked at the selection of cask beers. From the five hand pumps I had a choice of: Windsor & Eton (Windsor, Berkshire) Guardsman (4.2%); Alchemy (Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland) Up and Atom (4.8%); Severn Vale (Tortworth, Gloucestershire) Nibley Ale (3.8%); Lacon's (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk) Oatmeal Stout (4.0%) and Bullard's no 5 Best Red Bitter (4.0%).
Two ciders were on offer: Cornish Orchards (Duloe, Cornwall) Farmhouse (4.8%) and Kentish Pip (Bekesbourne, Kent) Firespice Ginger Cider (4.0%). Tom said that he liked to plan his beer and cider order a month in advance. This is very useful as he posts this list on to the pub's website. He also offers "craft" keg beers, wines, tea and coffee. Food is limited to Pork Pies and Scotch Eggs along with home-made snacks.
Peterborough is a very accessible city with trains of many companies calling there.
It is easily reached from London and all towns and cities along the East Coast Main Line.
It is also served by cross country services from Birmingham and Leicester on to Cambridge and Norwich. There is also a regular service to Lincoln.
From the railway station turn left in front of the Great Northern Hotel.
Follow the approach road as it veers to the right. You will see a Waitrose supermarket on your left.
Turn left into the main road and you will see a crossing that has been built to access the supermarket.
Use this and continue ahead with the Brewery Tap on the left and the Bus Station access road on the right.
You will find the Bumble Inn on the left.


Who should I contact if I want to request a transport offer?
You can contact a branch office in your area or call our headquarters and ask for the international department.
How do I get access to the private customer area?
Which documents are available in the customer area?
In addition to various customer-specific invoicing and reporting services, you can download your own delivery notes signed by the recipient and/or display in real time the position of the trucks transporting your goods.
Is the customer area secure?
You will receive a password and a digital certificate issued by Grupo TT. This guarantees that access to the customer area is provided exclusively by the authorized person and from the selected computer.
All over Europe, including eastern countries and Turkey.
Which area is managed by the international department?
Transport on the Iberian Peninsula is considered to be domestic transport. The International Division therefore deals with freight transport beyond the borders of the Pyrenees (in both directions).
Do you also carry out transports to the Balearic and Canary Islands?
Yes, we travel daily to Palma and Ibiza. We load the complete articulated lorry in the ports of Valencia, Barcelona and Denia. We do not take our lorries to the Canary Islands, but you can arrange for them to be transported in containers.
Do you also offer container services?
Within the Group, there are companies that offer these services - from the client to the customer. Grupo TT only transports containers.
Yes. All our estimates include freight insurance under the terms and conditions prescribed by law.
This depends on the type of service (complete load or groupage transport). In general, the maximum driving distance of a truck is 600 km/day.
What is the payload of a trailer?
A standard trailer has approximate dimensions of 13.6 m long, 2.48 m wide and 2.75 m high (approx. 93m³). The maximum payload is determined by the total weight of the towing vehicle (tractor + trailer + load). In Spain, the payload must not exceed 40 tonnes (approx. 24,500 kg load).
Where is a Tautliner type semi-trailer loaded?
Tautliner or "with sliding tarpaulin" type semi-trailers can be loaded in a variety of ways as required: either over the roof and the rear side of the ship or on both sides, making them suitable for transporting all types of goods.
What is a Europool pallet? How many Europool pallets fit on a semi-trailer truck?
A Europool pallet has external dimensions of 1200 mm * 800 mm. A semi-trailer can accommodate between 33 and 34 pallets.
What is an American pallet? How many American pallets fit on a semi-trailer truck?
An American pallet has external dimensions of 1200 mm * 1000 mm. 26 American pallets fit on a semi-trailer.


This written guarantee will give you the assurance that if your San Antonio home doesn't sell within 60 days for Top Dollar, we'll pay you $1,000!
Needless to say, this is highly frustrating to a homeseller like you. But more than this, it can be financially crushing if you're counting on the sale of your home to fulfill some other obligation.