So you're asking yourself – robot or real person?
When it comes to user accounts, the standard litmus test is email validation. Besides the immediate benefits – of offering us a straightforward unique identifier for users, and making it more difficult to automate creating a mass of accounts on our service – by requiring that each account have an email address and interact therewith to confirm the addresses validity, it also offers us the chance to associate a known-working email account with a user account. This is important for transactional emails such as password resets or for potential two-factor authentication use… and if you're a little less ethical, for sending marketing desirable and informative emails about interesting products and services.
Tough rocks. Twitter ain't gonna give you their users' email addresses. Just look at all those angry comments. If their whining didn't get through to Twitter, yours isn't going to do the trick either. Besides, eventually you'll probably want to allow the user to login the good old-fashioned way, with a username (which may or may not be their email address) and a password – in which case, you'll want to handle validating their email address yourself anyways.
So, given that we've already integrated python-social-auth into our Django project (some of the same principles will apply to other frameworks, but many of the details presented herein are specified to Django) – let's get email validation working as part of our user creation/authentication pipeline.
As 2014 winds down, we're taking an opportunity to look back at some of our most-read posts from this year, in case you missed them the first time.


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Staying Safe in Bali
Unfortunately Bali is in the news for all the wrong reasons more and more often of late. There's the more typical issues that come with concreting over paradise — over-development, pollution and trash disposal and, of course, the traffic — but there are also more troubling issues such as a rise in petty crime, theft, druggings and corruption.
Bali government urge to increase prevention efforts of dengue fever
According to the Jakarta Post, Bali Today and resident photographer Jason Childs, Bali has been severely touched by numerous dengue fever cases (which is transmitted by mosquito bites). Authorities have also warned the public of a Chikungunya virus going round. As a province Bali is usually spared from these kinds of outbreaks but this latest outbreak has drawn the full attention of the Indonesian authorities.
Watch out for Dengue Fever!
We think it's time to remind you about dengue fever… again.
Dengue on the Rise Again in Bali
Dengue Fever cases in the Badung regency in Bali, are on the increase with 15 cases being reported at the Public Health Office so far this month.

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The 2023 motoring forecast: innovation inbound
If you're wondering what's on the cards for cars in 2023, all eyes are on innovation.
Will we see a new way of powering our vehicles? Could this be the breakthrough year for self-driving vehicles? Here are the big motoring trends to look out for in 2023.
More EVs ev-erywhere
This probably won't come as a shock, but it's likely we'll see more EVs on our roads next year, despite challenges within the supply chain and materials sourcing.
The number of EVs sold increased in 2022, and with government plans to stop the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, EVs are fully supported to become a dominant force in the motoring market.
Questions may remain about the charging infrastructure across the UK, but there's no stopping the charge of the EV.
Fuel cell EVs have arrived
EVs are still pretty new, in the grand scheme of motoring. But, that doesn't mean there aren't already new innovations on the horizon.
This year could see the growth of fuel cell EVs. Unlike EVs that you plug in to charge a battery, fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) power comes from a fuel cell stack that's fed hydrogen and oxygen, creating a chemical reaction (which results in electricity).
Oh, and water vapour comes out of the exhaust pipe. Nothing else. Just water. That's it.
FCEVs couldn't take off in 2022 as there aren't many refuelling stations, however with more countries moving towards net zero, we could see more on the road from 2023.
Smart(er) cars
Ok, we know Smart cars have been around a while.
We're on about clever cars here.
Alongside fuel, a huge innovation in vehicles is their ability to connect to the internet and provide information like never before. It's not just sat nav and music, but full Wi-Fi capabilities, connecting to various devices as a network, and being able to send vehicle health reports to your phone.
Having your car diagnose an issue before something has become noticeably different or dangerous could be industry-defining and lifesaving. It's something we're excited to see grow in 2023 and beyond.
Self-driving vehicles brought themselves to the party
There's a big difference between a car that has 'self-driving' capabilities (but still needs a driver ready behind the wheel), and a fully autonomous vehicle that can drive itself.
Who knows if the latter will become a reality on our roads any time soon (they still have a lot of issues to overcome, especially surrounding ethics). But, we can probably expect more self-driving features to pop up over the coming year, as tech innovations make them safer and more efficient.
This could be particularly interesting for lorries.
To decrease fuel consumption, lorries drive close together in a line and their speed is dictated by the lorry at the front (this is known as platooning). While this could be dangerous with one person at the wheel, with self-driving innovations and connected systems constantly monitoring surrounding traffic, it can be a lot safer. Vehicles can respond to emergencies as a group, and lorries could even brake five times faster than they would with just the driver behind the wheel.
And if you were wondering, there is one prediction for cars in 2023 that doesn't revolve around technology…
Used car sales will increase
2022 wasn't a great year for new car sales, despite growing EV numbers. This means the second-hand car market will be key moving forward, especially for petrol and diesel vehicles. So, if hydrogen or Wi-Fi in your car sounds a bit alien, you'll still have plenty of options.
We'll have a blog coming out soon with advice on how to buy a second-hand car safely, so keep an eye out here if the used car market is on your horizon.
So, there you have it – our forecast for motoring trends in 2023. EVs, intelligent vehicles, and a booming second-hand market. It's going to be a year of innovation and, most likely, plenty of surprises.
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Definition Of A Hertz Shelby?
Hello all and thanks for looking at this. I thought I would poll an idea and question. As most Shelby's that are tagged as Hertz Shelby's they were built specifically as that, however I was curious how anyone would feel extending this honor to a Shelby that was built and tagged as another model but started life as a factory purpose build for Hertz rental. I do have the Hertz title. My car is a 2009 convertible that was purchased by Hertz originally for their Florida sun and fun rental program. After it was done being a Hertz rental it was sold at dealer auction and I became the first private owner and it became a Shelby Terlingua immediately. Ironically the GT-H and Terlingua shared several parts. So how would people feel about this being an Honorary Hertz Terlingua? I would have no greater pride than to be able to have this designation, as well would love to use the car to promote all other GT-H's.
I am trying to find a replacement for the thin wire seal that is attached to the engine on mt GT-H. Does anyone know where I might get one, or how to make one? It doesn't seem to be available on the Shelby Parts section of the site. Thanks.


A spacious and stylish, stone built, two-bedroom property with stylish conservatory. The property, recently built by Bovis Homes, is situated in a sought after area, convenient to local shopping facilities and amenities. The accommodation comprises canopied entrance porch to hall with doors to cloakroom and lounge. Lounge with window to front aspect, built in under stairs storage cupboard, door to kitchen/dining room, enclosed rear garden, extensively fitted kitchen comprising matching range of eye and base level storage units, built in fan-assisted oven with grill, inset four ring gas hob with extractor hood, integrated fridge/freezer and washing machine, wall mounted gas boiler, stairs to galleried landing and first floor living accommodation, sliding door to newly built conservatory. Conservatory with multi-panelled windows and french double doors to patio and enclosed rear garden.
On the first floor, galleried landing with doors to built in airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder, bathroom, bedroom one and two, trap to loft space. Half-tiled bathroom with white suite comprising bath and shower. Bedroom one with window, built in double wardrobe, door to en-suite shower room. Bedroom two with window, built in double wardrobe.
To the exterior front garden being mainly laid to stone chippings with low hedging. Tarmacadam driveway at the side of the property leads to a garage with up and over door. West facing rear garden, enclosed with wooden panelled fencing, patio area being mainly laid to lawn and stocked with various flower and shrub borders, gated rear access.


ULC Standards is an independent, not-for-profit standards development organization. ULC Standards has developed safety and performance standards and specifications for 90 years and is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada, under the National Standards System.
ULC Standards publishes and maintains close to 300 Canadian safety standards and other related documents. These standards play an important part in improving public safety. ULC Standards employs a consensus-based process of developing effective product safety standards, using input from consumers, manufacturers, government agencies, users, regulatory authorities and other interested parties.
Giga Watt has continued to make steady progress on construction despite delaying factors out of our control. I want to thank those of you sending supportive messages and acknowledge the frustrations felt by some of you sending us not-so-supportive messages.
The process of building a Giga Pod involves a number of discrete steps, from initial site planning to final inspection. Many of these steps involve reviews, approvals and inspections by the local government agencies in charge of development, safety and standards. Some of these critical steps are taking longer than planned. They cannot be "pushed" or expedited in any way other than our persistent daily communication with agency heads and bureaucrats in charge of these processes. There is simply no accurate way to estimate a finishing date for the project, as delays are neither consistent nor predictable. When able, we aim to provide best estimate of time schedules, always subject to delays as encountered.
Giga Watt's project represents a very large new step in scaling our emerging industry of Blockchain Computing. The scale and uniqueness of this project is unprecedented and alien to local authorities in rural counties of Washington state. As we advance this technological frontier, we must also comply with existing and antiquated regulatory standards until new standards can be developed. Giga Watt is working hard to define those new standards to pave a smoother path for future build outs.
We published a construction timeline at https://giga-watt.com/promo/timeline. Please refer to it if you want to follow along with progress.
We have completed the first Giga Pod associated with Batch 3. When this pod receives final electrical inspection approval, Giga Watt will issue the first 1.2M WTT tokens to Batch 3 holders. This should happen within two weeks.
We have just received the first of two building permits for our next six pod developments, which provides the rest of the power capacity to Batch 3 and most of the power for Batch 4 WTT holders. Permit in hand, We estimate the build time for this next phase to be 8-10 weeks.
What happened upon final L&I Inspection for Pod One?
After several visits to inspect the pod during construction, and on the morning of final approval for occupancy, Washington State Labor & Industries notified us of a requirement that the equipment we run inside the pod shall be UL Listed. To date, in over four years of building projects and running this very same equipment, this has never been required.
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is a nationally recognized, independent product safety certification organization. UL is also affiliated with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada (ULC). With public safety the heart of UL's mission, UL acts as a safety resource and advocate. UL works closely with customers, regulators, insurers, retailers, consumers and others on research, technology, safety and education initiatives.
UL listing is oriented towards public and consumer safety standards for electronics. Obviously our GigaPods are not public spaces and only operated by trained personnel. Confoundingly, our inspectors still applied this standard.
What does the UL listing requirement mean to Giga Watt?
The blockchain processing units made by all manufacturers are not yet UL Listed. This is a market-maturity benchmark and we will see these manufacturers increase their product certifications over time. I have personally notified BitMain of this requirement and they assured me that they will begin the process immediately, though it takes months to complete.
This means Giga Watt has to find a replacement for all non UL power supplies, which include the power supplies our customers purchased with their mining units. That process has been underway since we were informed of this requirement, and I expect to have substitute power supplies in hand before we need them for the next pod. UL has also indicated that fans used on the mining units themselves may not be UL compatible. Giga Watt is assisting with document discovery related to those components as well, in order to either document or replace fans as needed to be compliant.
A few additional final inspection related items "popped up" on these recent visits. We addressed and resolved these issues immediately upon being informed of the "new" requirements. There are no current outstanding inspection issues other than the UL Listed power supply and fan requirement.
Giga Watt is taking advantage of a short term opportunity to run some equipment under test. For a few weeks following final inspections, provided that there are no code violation or compliance issues, we will operate equipment under a Testing Period guideline.
Questions and concerns will still linger, so I continue to personally discuss the project on official Giga Watt support chat channels in order to answer questions. I do appreciate your continued patience and support.


The Best of Bellingham and Top 10 List. The top-rated place in Bellingham is Rosewood Restaurant in the Restaurants category. Other places on the best Bellingham list are Anns Lakeview Farms Restaurant, Grumpy's Restaurant, Joff's Backyard Grill, Vercellis Restaurant and Chilis Grill and Bar. A few more Bellingham things to do barely missed the "Best of Bellingham List" such as Regal Entertainment Group. For more top ten lists in Bellingham, MA see the categories below.


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An RSS feed (or news feed) is a means by which you can stay informed about what's going on at Amersham Concert Club without having to regularly visit the website.
The RSS feeds for Amersham Concert Club are listed below...
Amersham Concert Club upcoming events:
https://www.amershamconcerts.org.uk/dbaction.php?action=rss&dbase=events
Amersham Concert Club news:
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Covid Arrangements
About Amersham Concert Club
Archive of the Concert Club
Concerts October 2021 - March 2022
Recent Concerts
Perform for us
Amersham Concert Club presents a series of chamber music recitals in Amersham each winter. Our concerts are an opportunity to hear current and future stars in an informal atmosphere. Often the musicians talk about the music they are going to play and there can be opportunities to meet and chat with them.
Here are links to other opportunities to enjoy live music locally:
Jordans Music Club
Jordans Music Club Summer festival aims to promote chamber music of the highest quality in the local area, featuring both established international artists and talented young musicians, and has now been running for over 70 years
www.jordansmusicclub.org.uk
Midsummer Music
Midsummer Music is an annual chamber music festival that takes place over three days in June. It was founded in 2009 by Paul Lewis and his wife, Bjørg Lewis. Their wish was to start a festival near to where they have lived for many years. They wanted to create an event that would be a significant addition to the local music-making scene, but also through the international calibre of its artists, attract a national and international audience.
www.midsummermusic.org.uk
Little Missenden Festival
The village of Little Missenden has hosted an annual festival for more than 60 almost unbroken years (2020 being the exception), which offers a programme of music, literature and art of the highest quality. Early, baroque, classical and contemporary music, jazz, folk, art lectures, literary discussions, poetry readings and children's events are all featured during the Festival. The music ranges from classical masterworks to lesser known repertoires, and showcases promising young musical talents as well as renowned artists and composers.
www.little-missenden.org
Wooburn Singers
Wooburn Singers is an auditioned chamber choir of about 50 singers in South Buckinghamshire. Rehearsing in Beaconsfield, they perform four or five concerts per year in the area, ranging from a cappella works to large choral pieces with orchestra. The choir goes on tour in Europe every other summer.
www.wooburnsingers.org.uk/
Chiltern Camerata
The Chiltern Camerata is a Buckinghamshire-based string orchestra whose players include music professionals and advanced amateurs. The orchestra performs music from a widely drawn repertoire, with three concerts a year. Their objective is to share the enjoyment of music-making and to bring a wide range of music to audiences. Some of the concerts help to raise funds for charity.
http://www.chiltern-camerata.org.uk
Sarratt Festival of Music
Sarratt Festival of Music is a series of events created to showcase the village and neighbouring communities to their best effect; concerts are held in Sarratt Village Hall, the central hub of the village. The Festival believes in bringing people of all backgrounds and ages together to enjoy a variety of live music of professional quality.
www.sarrattfestivalofmusic.co.uk
Octagon Music Society
Octagon Music Society seeks to offer a wide range of music, and to engage a mix of established artists alongside young musicians of promise and early achievement. Their concerts take place between October and April at the Clarendon Muse in Watford.
www.octagon-music.weebly.com
Wooburn Festival
The Wooburn Festival was originally conceived over 50 years ago by one of Britain's leading orchestral conductors, the late Richard Hickox CBE. Richard's vision was to bring orchestras and musicians of international repute to the Chilterns and Thames Valley. His objective was to encourage wider public access to affordable high-quality music that was within easy reach of the local community. The Festival has become an established and well-loved part of the Chilterns and Thames Valley calendar, with music and visual arts events held in September and October each year.
www.wooburn.com
Our Next Concert: 26th Feb 2022:Vida Guitar Quartet
We hope you have enjoyed the first three concerts of our season. We now take a short break and return with the Vida Guitar Quartet on Saturday the 26th February ... more
Dennis Brain: A Celebration of his Centenary.
Our next concert is on Saturday 27th November at 7.30pm. Dennis Brain, one of this country's greatest French Horn players, was born 100 years ago this year. To celebrate his ... more
Mithras Ensemble on Saturday!
The Mithras Ensemble (BBC Radio3 New Generation Artists) are playing for us on Saturday, 7.30pm at the Amersham Free Church. Their programme features trios by Haydn, Faure and Dvorak. more
Can't Wait Till Our Next Concert?
Our next concert is the Mithras Ensemble on 30 October. If you can't wait that long for live music in Amersham, Chiltern Camerata are celebrating their 25th birthday with 2 ... more
Sat, 2 Oct 2021 to Sat, 26 Mar 2022
Our 55th season features a wonderful range of music for small ensembles and soloists. We are delighted to welcome back Viv McLean to open the season on 2nd October ... more
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In early February, the Trump administration unveiled a $1.5-trillion infrastructure plan that has received criticism on several fronts. Chief among the complaints is a lack of planning for civil and infrastructure disruptions resulting from extreme weather and a changing climate. But the Trump administration isn't unique in this regard: studies indicate that governments around the world underinvest in infrastructure resilience by at least 70 percent. But what do we mean when we say "resilience?" And who benefits from efforts that do exist?
The March/April issue of our digital journal explores resilience and the climate threat and is guest-edited by Alice C. Hill, research fellow at the Stanford University Hoover Institution and former senior director for resilience policy for the National Security Council. Hill's work focuses on building resilience to destabilizing catastrophic events, including the impacts of climate change, and she brings her considerable expertise to this special issue.
The global impacts of a terrorist nuclear attack: What would happen? What should we do?


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Cherrie Anderson
May 5th, 1949 - April 5th, 2019
Cherrie A Anderson was born in Council Bluffs, IA to Kenneth and Evelyn Moore and started dancing at the age of 3. They moved to Omaha in 1962 where she started her first dance studio in their basement at the age of 12. The very first Cherrie Anderson dance recital was held in her driveway with approx. 20 students and the proceeds from admission to the show were donated to the American Cancer Society. The following year Cherrie had up to 70 students, teaching classes 3 nights per week and began holding recitals at the Westside High School Little Theatre.
Cherrie was a working model trained by Omaha's Nancy Bounds and also active in the local pageant community where she was crowned Miss Nebraska in 1967. Cherrie was voted most talented by her senior class at Westside High where she graduated also in 1967.
Cherrie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Business and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority.
In the late 1970's Cherrie brought the "new craze" of Aerobic Dancing (aerobics) to Omaha teaching several classes a week and grew that business to a point where she employed several instructor's teaching classes spanning across the entire Nebraska and Iowa region.
You might remember her own aerobic dance segment on the KETV "Good Morning Show" in which she appeared for 6 years.
The empire that is now known as The Cherrie Anderson School of Music And Dance has become a beloved academy for young talent in Omaha and surrounding areas spanning across generations. Cherrie built and grew the business over several years sharing her love of dance with thousands of students. She celebrated each dancer with an end of the year extravaganza at various theatres across Omaha including the Orpheum Theatre.
Her mission statement still is held by the school: To provide students of all ages with the skills they need to enjoy music and dance for a lifetime.
Cherrie married Roger Anderson on June 3rd, 1970. They had 3 children Season, Adam, and Colt. Cherrie above everything valued family (both immediate and extended), and friends.
We will remember Cherrie as a confident, hardworking, and powerful business woman who showed the world that you can do it all. She was a true champion of women. She was an inspiration to all who she came in contact with and exuded a spirit all her own. Cherrie was beautiful inside and out. She had a glow that put everyone at ease and made them feel special. Through her we learned so many valuable life lessons and will carry them on as part of her legacy.
What we will remember most about Cherrie is her kind and loving spirit, her passion for dance and music, her endless compliments, her ability to throw a killer party bringing everyone together, and decorating to the nines for every holiday.
While the world won't be the same without Cherrie, we are comforted knowing she is watching over us while dancing with the angles in heaven.


The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book's ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. Each chapter details a particular problem, includes a brief introduction to the topic, provides tips on how to deal with the situation, and concludes with targeted questions for further consideration. Its concise format is ideal for busy chairs which need a brief but informative resource. The second edition has been revised to reflect new pressures and challenges in higher education and the increasing importance of department chairs in responding to them. (Review taken from the Jossey-Bass Department Chair Leadership Institute website).


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Meet Robin Banks, a Modern Classic
Sometimes you get hit with an inside fastball you didn't see coming. Such is the new release, Modern Classic, from Robin Banks, the Canadian soul and jazz singer, and Maple Award winner. Although she has been on the scene since the late 90s I had never heard her, and thus didn't know just how much I was missing. Banks can sing, really sing. And, sad to say, that is really refreshing. In a world full of warblers who don't want to sing a song as much as emote all over it, while attempting to hit every note on every octave known to man, Banks is a reminder that there is something to be said for just going out and singing the damn song.
Add to that her consistently engaging delivery and superb songwriting skills, and what you get is a dozen seamless tracks and a very rewarding musical experience. Known as a roots blues artist, Modern Classic covers that territory as well as jazz and torch ballads. Ms. Banks moves effortlessly from sexy and sultry to playful and tongue-in-cheek. Backed by the Duke Robillard Band and members of the Roomful of Blues Horns, the arrangements showcase not only her skillful lyrics but also her mastery of form.
Most of these songs seem familiar, as if they had been written back in the late 40s and existed in your buried memories, only to be excavated by Ms. Banks. This album shows why the Canadian Queen of Jazz is the perfect artist to share the stage with a performer of the caliber of Harry Connick, Jr. Ms. Banks recording sits very comfortably on the shelf alongside Connick's best work.
The album opens with "A Man is Just a Man," a smooth mid-tempo number that allows Banks' voice to hover and float above the supper club treatment Duke and band lay down. Speaking of Robillard, the question isn't where has he been lately, but, rather, where hasn't he been? It feels like he is producing and playing on every other blues release these days. And that is not a complaint. Thankfully, Robillard seems to be instrumental in making sure we get to hear artists like Billy Boy Arnold and Robin Banks.
All of the songs on Modern Classic are originals and the joy is how consistently good they are, there are no mood breakers here. Banks sets the tone early and stays the course, avoiding the mistake of trying to be too stylistically diverse. She has the savvy to avoid the vanity mistake of going too far afield, instead displaying the diversity of her gifts with a collection of songs that complement each other rather than compete for the listener's affections. And in so doing Banks builds the room she needs within the twelve tunes to stretch and expand her vocal presentation. Modern Classic is an offering that more than lives up to its name. Favorite tracks include "Superhero," "I'll Meet You There," and the ironically named honky tonk country track "A Place in the City."
The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold
There have been some real gems in the blues offerings of the last six months. The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold follows on the heels of Rob Stone, Lisa Mills and Mud Morganfield to name just a few. But the real treat in these album releases has been new discs from Arnold, Duke Robillard and John Mayall. The senior class is testifying and the freshman kids need to pay attention.
Eric Bibb is Right on Time with new cd, Blues People
In the interest of full disclosure, I have been on the Bibb train since I first heard his cover of "I Heard the Angels Singing" on the album An Evening with Eric Bibb. I was searching online for new music, a regular habit for me, when I decided to check Bibb out. I had heard his name around, but I hadn't actually had the chance to listen to him. I found Eric Bibb, and the song, on YouTube. When I clicked play, it was as if I had jacked straight into the grid, bypassing all the lesser relay stations on the way, and the surge that hit me was enough to lift me out of a funk and overcome the resistance I was facing personally at the time. I had heard the call and I got on board.


As I mentioned in my previous post, our boutique flower shop, Fly Me To The Moon Florists, has set up a mini shop in the new Republic of Couture store at Ridge Hill in Yonkers. You can read more about that here.
Anyway, we created the above tablescape for a special event they were hosting. I promised that I would share individual pictures of the flowers we created for it.
The theme of our fantasy tablescape was, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?"
We created individual place settings for various "personalities" both fictional and real. Most of the items we already had or purchased from a thrift shop. I created a different floral arrangement for each one.
Here are the 8 place settings my sister,Susan and I created.I hope they inspire you to make something fanciful for your next event.
1. Usain Bolt - Olympic gold medalist in track and field. We used gold chargers, a green glass plate under a matching green and yellow leaf to accentuate the color theme. We attached bolts to the flatware and spray painted them gold. A grey "loving cup looking" bowl was also spray painted to hold the flower arrangement.Yellow roses, yarrow, and green trick carnations were some of the flowers used for the "appetizer". An emerald green glass topped off the look.
2. Audrey Hepburn - Actress We used "Breakfast At Tiffany's" as the inspiration for this place seting. Tiffany box colored bowl and charger held golden pompoms which mimicked the look of cornflakes. We added bling to the sppon, poured pearls into her creamer, a vintage deviled egg plate and napkin pulled this elegant look together.
3. Jackie Chan - Actor, singer acrobat and martial artist A brilliant copper and red plate, purple cloth napkin and miniature black vase holding a single green cymbidium orchid was the centerpiece of this place setting. A ceramic green dog held a pair of copper chopsticks made to look like nunchuks.
4. The Invisible Man - Clearly from the movie of the same name. Transparent glass dishes, flatware and a mirrored placemat highlight this see-through place setting. it's plain to see that a simple croton leaf topped with a green succulent and cymbidium orchid complete this look clearly.
5. Leonardo Da Vinci - Painter, scientist and inventor who loved puzzles and secret codes. A rough-hewn napkin, tin plate, and chalice sat amongst his artifacts - a notebook,a mysterious blue stone and a drawing of a hand finished the look. The planned rustic steak knife wasn't used.
6. Ella Fitzgerald -Jazz singer I filled this lady-like leopard handbag with a colorful victorian flower arrangement. It's resting on a purple glass plate atop a golden charger. Bakelite style flatware with an ivory napkin topped with a golden embellishment and an antique lace runner are perfect for this First Lady of Jazz.
7. Amy Winehouse - Singer Her place setting was a curious mix of edgy with a nod to a 60's sensibility. Her placemat was made of two old records. One was cut into quarters to create the four corners of the placemat. Her flatware was wrapped in barbed wire a top a zebra cloth napkin. A dusty pink dinner plate held an old-school corsage of calla lilies, heather, thistle and mini-carnations.
8. Bruce Wayne (Batman) - Sleek and dark objects were chosen for this place setting. A black plate was placed on a chrome charge that was lit underneath with LED lights. A grey tweed menswear napkin accompanied the black"leather" handled flatware made from electrical tape. An elegant black glass goblet with a matching cube vase full of salmon roses made this manly place setting just right.
Hope you enjoyed these unusual place settings. We could have used more items that had a stronger link to each guest, but we really wanted the table to be elegant and wanted people to have to ponder a bit..
In many instances, the pictures don't do the settings justice. But what's a girl to do, but try harder the next time.
Keep up the excellent work fellow blogger, your difficult work is definitly going to pay off.


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Choose the wedding music Song-list or event party Song-list that works for you.
Choosing the right music Song-list and entertainment for your wedding or corporate function is an important ingredient in making it a success. When it comes to business events like corporate functions or conference groups, you want to make sure both you and your guests have a memorable experience.
Whether you need a more intimate, background solo guitar player and singer who can create the right mood for your event, or a more energetic, fully-equipped band with an extensive musical repertoire, Tony is passionate about ensuring your experience is a positive and enjoyable one.Choose from soft and soulful ballads through to the classic hits of the 70s, 80s, 90s and more contemporary favourites.
Note that our song-lists extends far wider than the example song-list provided below. Our playlist here is only a guide to some of the songs we play live for you. Requests are always appreciated, but please note that some songs are best played with a band setting instead of solo guitar.
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A pair of drones operated by Greenpeace activists flew straight into the Electricity de France's (EDF) nuclear power plant located in Bugey, near Lyon.
French police reportedly managed to intercept one of the drones while the other, adorned with a miniature Superman costume, crashed into a spent fuel storage facility.
Here is a CNN video that shows in depth about the remote control device "SUPERMAN" that I believe was used to fly in to the nuclear plants spent fuel building.
My Opinion: The 'Nuclear-Power Industry' needs to Review their 'Nuclear-Power "Security" Policies-and-Procedures' .
Forbes magazine has a recent article titled "If Nuclear Plants Are So Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack, Why Don't Terrorists Attack Them?" in an attempt to play down the actual vulnerability. Let me point out some things in their article.
The pools he's referring to are what the used fuel rods are temporarily cooled in before being recycled.
When they say temporarily, they do not mention that the fuel rods have to stay in the pool for 5-7 years before they are cool enough to safely be exposed to air. I hardly consider this temporary!
The same article mentioned above talks about how there is no threat of a 9/11 type attack on nuclear plants. It is worth mentioning that while the actual reactors likely can withstand a 9/11 type attack because of the thick concrete, but the spent fuel pool building can not. The spent fuel rods building often has the most fuel rods at any given time on most nuclear plant sites.


New legislation comes into force on the 25th May 2018 which focuses on the way we gather, handle, store and dispose of data on our pupils, parents and staff. We are working towards compliance of the new wider requirements. This said the school already takes great care of the information given to us so we are already well on the way. We have robust and secure systems for both our electronic and paper records.
Over the coming months we will need to change a few of our systems in order to become fully compliant. This legislation affects all of us and we ask you to bear with us during these changes.
Reading the privacy notices which set out in detail what we do with information we hold on adults and children and who we share it with.
We will be looking at all the forms we use in the school and amending them to make them compliant with Data Protection regulations.
As a school we are required to collect certain information in order to carry out our core functions of providing education and ensuring the wellbeing and welfare of the children. We do this on the legal basis that we are required to as an authority and therefore require no further permission. There are areas however where we do require your permission to use the information you have given us for activities other than our core functions. These include areas such as extra curricular activities and Parent Association events. For all such activities we will be seeking your specific consent to use your information and this consent (forms will be issued in the coming weeks) must be explicit and unambiguous.
We will be drafting new privacy notices to explain in detail what information we will need from you, why it is needed, how it will be stored, who we share it with (if this is required) and how long it will be kept for.
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Home Sweet Tiny Home
These ecofriendly, minimalist's dream houses aren't for everyone
Fritz Esker, Photos by Cheryl Gerber,
If you watch home improvement channels like HGTV, then chances are you have seen tiny houses on shows such as "Tiny House Hunters." These miniature homes can be as small as 60 square feet. In a materialistic world, the thought of discarding all but the essentials has its appeal. But is the reality of extreme downsizing worth it? Also, could it take off in the Crescent City?
Robert Van Meter, a New Orleans realtor with Latter & Blum, sold a 496-square-foot house last year on Forstall Street in Brad Pitt's Make It Right Village in the Lower 9th Ward for $107,000. Van Meter said the house's size combined with its solar panels make for lower utility costs and a smaller carbon footprint. It's a way for homeowners to become more environmentally friendly.
For those who want to live a more mobile lifestyle, the tiny houses can also be towed from one city to another. This gives homeowners added flexibility in an era when more and more people hold remote work jobs.
While these homes are gaining in popularity nationwide, the trend has not substantially materialized in New Orleans, said Greg Jeanfreau, a New Orleans realtor with Latter & Blum. Van Meter also agreed that the phenomenon is still rare in the Crescent City.
"New Orleans is never really that in to jumping on national trends in my experience," Jeanfreau said.
Jeanfreau said that one of the cons to tiny houses is the fact that the most expensive components of home construction are plumbing, electrical, HVAC, a kitchen, and a bathroom. The costs will still be there, even with a tiny house.
People looking to downsize can also do so without going so far as to live in a 60-500-square-foot home. For example, older couples concerned about things like climbing stairs and declining mobility can switch from a 2-story house to a 1-story house.
A 2015 article on realtor.com noted that homes between 1,000- and 2,000-square-foot got the most views on the site, about 50 percent more than 2,000 to 3,000-square-foot homes. The same article also stated that 500 to 1,000-square-foot homes provided the best bargain per square foot.
"Adding a room or two more doesn't add that much more expense, but makes for a much more functional living space," Jeanfreau said.
Another concern for tiny houses in New Orleans would be blending in with the architecture in the city's more historic neighborhoods. But Van Meter said that tiny houses can be built to match the style of a given neighborhood. A 400-square-foot shotgun cottage was built in the Irish Channel and is now listed on Airbnb (airbnb.com/rooms/369715). Van Meter added that even some of the city's older homes have only two rooms.
Van Meter said the tiny houses would likely have the best success if they were clustered in groups in a section of New Orleans with lots of available land, like the Lower 9th Ward or New Orleans East.
While Van Meter thinks tiny houses could work well in New Orleans, he acknowledged that it is not a leap many people would be willing to take. Americans are used to having larger living spaces and compromises have to be made to live in a tiny house. For example, if you and your significant other have cherished furniture or other items, it will be a challenge to fit them all in such a space. If you like entertaining friends for dinner parties, that can also be difficult.
"It's not for everyone," Van Meter said. "It's not easy to do."
But Van Meter added that the people he has spoken to who have made the leap are happy with the results.
"They [tiny house owners] realize that they don't need all that stuff," Van Meter said.


Started in 1938 and taken over by the Ramakrishna Mission in 1939, this ashrama is situated very close to the sea (Ramakrishna Beach).
An English-medium high school, a little away from the ashrama, with 409 boys and 423 girls. The attached library had 1710 books.
A public library and a free reading room with 18,593 books and 84 newspapers and periodicals.
A dispensary (having a special department for the treatment of cerebral-palsied children, with facilities like physiotherapy, special education, speech therapy, counselling of parents, etc): 3204 patients were treated. Besides, 50 free medical camps were conducted in which 1929 patients were treated. 100 patients underwent cataract surgery in eye camps.
An exhibition on the lives of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda.
Fifteen values education programmes were conducted in schools and colleges benefitting 3945 students.
Religious activities: Daily worship, weekly scriptural discourses, occasional retreats, and celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual luminaries.
Welfare work by way of distribution of solar lights, clothes, installation of water supply pipes and sintex tanks in villages, and providing scholarships to poor students.


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To start with, we imagine a certain accumulation of the archives describing murders, which occurred in Thessaloniki. Something resembling an abundant reservoir containing the relevant material. From this material, we would have to assemble a landscape. Supervising from a distance, and creating (from our observation of the material in the data reservoir) an internal landscape. It is a fragmented landscape, created primarily through a pastiche of secondary materials. Our effort is to create something simply from various selections and from rearranging these selections. To organize some sort of "framing", which would detach part of this chaotic material and reconstitute it. Though it may not be possible to perform the exhaustive research, which would create such a terrifying reservoir, we can continue framing in various ways; collecting fragments of material through identical strategies, even though we might have only a portion of this imaginary non-existing archive. Here, the strategies that frame, organize, and limit the material are more important than the material since they already indicate in the direction of some sort of reading of the city. Faced with the plethora of material, but also faced with a part of it we would distinguish three architectural scenes of murder. The landscape we are organizing is constructed of three different stagings occurring simultaneously on three different stages, and presented together.
The first scene is a chilling reference to the set-up of the murders. The architecture of the dimension is evident. It confronts murders as actions, which occurred in a certain location, unfolding in a public space. Thus assessed, the city appears to be setting the scene for the events. The premeditation of murder is a design, as is the unforeseen construction of a murder scene taking place without premeditation; it takes place somewhere, and is characterized by the specific features of the landscape where it unfolds. The first scene: a series of diagrams, which variously render the scenic action of selected facts.
The second architectural scene is manufactured by the building and material mechanism that documents the murder in a pre-arranged, ready, bureaucratic way. The second scene insists on the building mechanism, which receives the murder, as if it had an autonomous nature, distinct for the city. Police stations divided into precincts, courts symbolizing the nullification of, and redress for moments when murder breaks loose, morgues revealing the truth of everything that appeared hidden. Contemporary cities may be interpreted as mechanisms for constraining murder in a stable frame of reference. The second scene: a composed yet diffuse "city of murder", concealed in the interior of every great city, made to receive criminal events.
The third architectural murder scene is made of the roles undertaken in each separate scene; as the murder itself progresses, and during the operation of its receiving mechanisms as well; during its documentation and archiving. There are professions in murder: morgue attendant, coroner, the weapons vendor, criminologist, and there are professions that become involved with murder: journalist, police officer, judge, legislator, historian, undertaker, grave builder, monument sculptor, and others who, in a more direct or indirect way, work so the city may receive murder. Scene three: roles people perform around murder.
Weak Monuments is a Built Event project, presented in 2009 as a parallel event to the 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale, co-curated by Aristide Antonas, Alexis Dallas and Filippos Oraiopoulos. The measuring of the selected places (rooms of the court house, funeral service offices, police stations, lawyers offices, the Thessaloniki's morgue) and the execution of the drawings are done by Katerina Koutsogianni, Eva Papamargariti and Yorgos Rimenidis.


Medical Springs: From Indian medicine waters to a world renowned health resort, complete with full medical staff, this hot springs has served thousands of people. To travel to Medical Springs, located 22 miles north of Baker city on Highway 203, exit from I-84 four miles west of Baker City. Medical Springs is very close to the Baker County Line and was once in Baker County.
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Ksenya Viktorovna Stepanycheva (, born November 4, 1978) is a Russian playwright.

Ksenya Stepanycheva was born in the city of Saratov on November 4, 1978, into the family of a military serviceman. She lived with her father in military garrisons in Germany, Ukraine and the subarctic region. She graduated from the Povozhskaya Civil Service Academy and got an honors  degree of a manager and economist.

Her play 2 х 2 = 5 received First Prize at the All-Russian Competition of Playwrights, Protagonist (Deystvuyushiye litsa ), 2004, and was staged by the School of Modern Drama Theater in Moscow and at the Saratov Drama Theater.

Kseniya is the author of such plays as 2 х 2 = 5, Private Life, Pink Bow, Staf, Divine Foam, and The Cossacks' Tales.

Four of Kseniya's plays were published in Modern Dramatics magazine. Pink Bow was published in The World of Children's Theater magazine. In 2004 she was awarded with the main prize in the "Dramatis Personae" annual contest of playwrights.

In April 2009 together with other young playwrights of Russia she undertook in-depth training at Princeton University (New Jersey, United States).

Her play 2 х 2 = 5 was staged at the Saratovskiy Academical Theater in 2005, at "The School of a Modern Play" Moscow theater in 2007, and other theatres in Donetsk (Ukraine) and Tomsk (Russia).

In 2009 Stanislav Govorukhin, a famous Russian film director, started to shoot a movie by Kseniya's script; the movie's name is In the Style of Jazz.

Private Life () by Kseniya Stepanycheva was staged at the Saratovskiy Academical Theater in 2009.

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External links
 Интервью с Ксенией Степанычевой

1978 births
Russian dramatists and playwrights
Russian women dramatists and playwrights
Living people
Writers from Saratov

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Description The nature of graduate research in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is highly variable. As a result, students may enter the graduate program with backgrounds in earth sciences, chemistry, or physics, depending on their research interests and the supervisor with whom they wish to work. Ph.D. students typically enter with an M.Sc., in which case they are required by our regulations to take only two courses, although a supervisor may require more, depending on the suitability of the student's background. Aside from courses, the first year is occupied by early work on the thesis project that constitutes the bulk of the Ph.D., with preparation for an oral examination on their research proposal at the end of the first year. Conduct of the research, and preparation of the results, for thesis and publication, typically takes three additional years. Students entering the Ph.D. program without an M.Sc. are required to take a full year of courses before embarking on the processes described above. Students graduating from our Ph.D. program pursue careers in universities and government-funded research institutes, and in the mineral-exploration and petroleum industries.


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Communicating Climate Science: A Little "Song & Dance" Can't Hurt (Climate Central)
04/01/2012 Uncategorizedrenzotaddei
Published: December 8th, 2011 in Climate
Source: KQED Climate Watch
By Craig Miller, KQED Climate Watch
I'll be candid here: When teamed up with climate modeler Ben Santer and economist Larry Goulder behind the microphone, his rendition of "Teach Your Children" could use a little work. The rest of Richard Alley's work speaks eloquently to his talent for making sense of climate science for the rest of us.
Earth scientist Richard Alley's engaging style has won him an award for climate communicators.
This week, in a ceremony at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Alley, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, was given the first Stephen H. Schneider Award for his work in breaking down climate science and getting the word out to the public and policymakers in digestible form.
Alley's book Earth: The Operators' Manual, was made into a PBS documentary in which Alley takes viewers on a personal journey through the climate landscape. The program aired in April on KQED and is now available online. He also demonstrates his lively teaching style inthis video explaining climate swings:
Alley told event host Greg Dalton that it's important that the climate discussion "start with the science."
"We need to show people all the pieces," says Alley, "And doing that without saying 'It's gonna happen, you're doomed,' is a challenge." Alley likes to use a driving analogy for weighing climate policy. He says that even though there are long odds against being in an accident each time we get behind the wheel, most of us still buy car insurance.
Asked to grade climate coverage by the mainstream media, Alley said we "could do better."
"Intelligent people who get their science from the media tend to see a lot of argument because the media loves to show that," he said. "And there is a lot of argument," he added. "It's just that what the public is seeing are not the interesting arguments. CO2 as a greenhouse gas is not an interesting argument," said Alley, as that's been settled. He says better to ask "What is the best way forward?"
Alley, who is a Christian, says people of faith should embrace, rather than reject climate science. "It's a Golden Rule issue," he said.
His biggest personal concern on the climate front: sea level rise.
The event might've been lost amid the 20,000 scientists attending the American Geophysical Union conference (#AGU11) in San Francisco, but the room, outfitted for a recorded broadcast, was nearly standing-room only. That's probably because the award commemorates the life and work of outspoken Stanford climatologist Steve Schneider, whose sudden death last year still has climate science circles reeling.
Schneider was a great communicator himself, which comes through in this engaging tribute produced by Stephen Thompson for the Commonwealth Club.
This article originally appeared on KQED Climate Watch, a Climate Central content partner.
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The Library of Trinity College Dublin serves Trinity College and the University of Dublin. The Library is the permanent home to the famous Book of Kells. Two of the four volumes are on public display, one opened to a major decorated page and the other to a typical page of text. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Trinity College Library", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 License.


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Q: How to prevent dynamically appended div from overflowing? So I'm trying to dynamically append a bunch of div elements containing words to my page (each has the .magnet class). However, many of them end up spilling outside the boundaries of the container, and I cannot figure out how to stop that from happening. If anyone could take a look at my jsfiddle and help me out, I would be very appreciative. I've also included my css code for the container below.
JsFiddle Example
body {
margin:0 auto;
overflow:hidden;
}
#container {
background-color: #446b81;
}

.magnet {
width:45px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
padding:5px 25px;
font-family: Times;
font-size: 16px;
border:1px outset;
position:absolute;
}

A: Why don't you reduce the document width and height by some values? (50 and 100 are just random numbers but you can fix them with the exact size of the divs).
   testsub.css("top",Math.floor(Math.random() * ($(document).height()-50)));
   testsub.css("left",Math.floor(Math.random() * ($(document).width()-100)));

Updated fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/mszvbfoe/5/

A: Put overflow:hidden; inside your container and fix the width for your container
#container
{
    background-color: #446b81;
    overflow:hidden;
    width:500px;
}

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Southwestern College has its roots in the traditions of the Methodist circuit riders, whose love of education helped shape the educational landscape of the 19th century.
Today, the liberal arts tradition that is the foundation of a Southwestern College education is seen not only in the on-campus programs, but also in the degree completion courses offered in three off-campus sites in Winfield and Wichita.
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The PAIR automatic meteorological station forwards the meteorological data of small airports to the crew of airplanes or helicopters being in the zone of the airport. Reporting can be initiated by the crew of the airplane through the airplane's radio. The PAIR ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Service) will answer to the request with voice meteorological data report. The PAIR mobile station can be easily and quickly installed at the desired location. The central unit of PAIR polls the connected VAISALA WXT520 meteorological sensor through RS485 serial port. Data are stored in MySQL data base. PAIR makes a voice report from the current data, which is transferred on request by the crew.


Jacksonville's unemployment rate is lower than the national average, and there is a steady growth in most industries. The field of education has many opportunities, as this city is home to accredited colleges. Those working in a health facility can get jobs at local hospitals, such as the Baptist Health, UF Health, and St. Vincent's HealthCare.
Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Fidelity Investments, and Deutsche Bank are just some of the employers of the financial sector. CSX, Crowley, and Fanatics are the top employers in the Jacksonville area when it comes to logistics and transportation. The most attractive market of the city would be the hospitality field. There are various restaurants, retail and commercial stores, with the same service for both locals and visitors. Also, there are multiple military facilities in Jacksonville wherein the residents may find military or civilian job opportunities.
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Students leaving 'dark ages' for cyberspace
By grespa on May 13, 2014
(Last Updated On: May 13, 2014)
New Zealand students will move out of "the dark ages" and complete experimental NCEA assessments online this year.
The Qualifications Authority will test an online NCEA level one mathematics test at 20 schools in September.
Its deputy chief executive, Richard Thornton, said the pilot was an online version of an assessment that took place during the school year.
"It will be used as a practice assessment for students in preparation for the common assessment task itself, which will still be paper-based.
The pilot will not count towards students' NCEA. Mr Thornton said the trial was being run with the company Education Perfect. It was one of several projects being undertaken by NZQA to test the practicality of moving exams and assessments online.
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Read the full article at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11248500
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It's finally Friday, August 3rd, and Mega Man: Fully Charged has debuted -- well, if you're in the United States and have the Cartoon Network app, that is (sadly, neither applies to me).
Would you say the team are avid fans of the Mega Man games?
Yes. From the writers to the designers to the animators, everyone has a relationship to Mega Man in some form or another. The games informed the world and characters, obviously, but also inspired what we regard to be the greatest asset of the character - the power replication process. Not only does it give us a slew of great powers and looks to play with, thematically it generated a powerful and timely idea. Mega Man doesn't just fight bad guys and throw them in jail. When he replicates a power, he gains insight into a robot's feelings, motives, etc. Sometimes he literally walks in their shoes, which creates a lot of empathy between Mega Man and his foes. So Mega Man is about understanding other people and trying to find common ground first and foremost. It's a great motivator for a hero.
Some fans have critiqued the new art style for the Mega Man series. How did your team come up with this new look for him?
As with every animated show, the art style went through many iterations before we landed where we did with Mega Man: Fully Charged. Capcom specifically asked us not to just copy what they are doing/have done with the franchise. They wanted a show that stood on its own for a new audience. We get it, it's not the thing someone loved and remembered. Instead, it's a way to expose a character that might otherwise sit on a shelf to someone new. That said, the show is packed to the gills with easter eggs, homages and characters from the games, so there is something for everyone who gives it a shot.
Tell us about the story. Does it stay true to the theme of the Mega Man games? Will we see familiar heroes and villains arise?
Again, Capcom encouraged us to explore new ways to tell Mega Man's story, and we did while keeping certain touchstones from the last 30 years intact. Mega Man is a young hero, just learning the ropes. He's got a family. He fights Robot Masters ... to tell you more would spoil it! We promise that there will be familiar faces, though some of them will appear in very unexpected ways.
For the rest of the interview, which covers such questions as who pitched who on the idea of the cartoon, what audience the initial pitch went for, feedback at the San Diego Comic-Con panel, Mega Man X, plans as they relate to the release of Mega Man 11, and if this is "the comeback fans and newcomers alike deserve," be sure to head over to ComicBook.com and give it a read.


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William of Botron (died after 1262) was Lord of Botron (1244–1262) in the County of Tripoli, and Constable of Jerusalem (1258–1262).

Life
William of Botron was the second son of Isabella of Botron and her husband Bohemond of Botron. His father and his older brother John were taken prisoner by the Muslims at the Battle of La Forbie on October 18, 1244, where they both died, whereupon William took over the lordship.

In 1258, he was appointed Constable of Jerusalem. In 1262, he acted as mediator between the Templars and the Hospitallers. The document dated December 19, 1262, signed by him in this context, was the last sign of life from him.

Marriage and issue
He was married to Agnes of Sidon, daughter of Count of Sidon Balian Grenier, with whom he had a son:
 John (died 1277), Lord of Botron, married Lucie Embriaco of Gibelet.

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Hokkaido University
Hokkaido University (国立大学法人 北海道大学) is one of 36 universities included in U-Multirank for Japan. Hokkaido University is a very large public university located in Sapporo with 17489 students enrolled (2017 data or latest available). It was founded in 1876. With regard to the scope of its subjects and degree programmes offered, the Hokkaido University is a comprehensive institution. It offers programmes in foreign languages. It is characterised by a medium percentage of international students. The graduation rate of Hokkaido University is 87,28 (bachelors) and 93,18 (masters). Its overall profile shows top performance across various indicators, with 11 'A' (very good) scores overall. For a comprehensive overview of this university's performance, see its complete performance scores in the tables below.
Kita8 Nishi5, Kita-ku
060-0808 Sapporo
http://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/
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Q: query that should delete records doesnt work (php) I've been trying to delete a record in HTML/PHP but it didn't work and I've tried a lot. Does anyone know a solution for me?
 <?php while($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)){ ?>

<a href="delete.php?id=<?php echo $row['project_id']; ?>Delete

<?php
    }?>

And this is delete.php:
<?php
$id = $_GET['titel'];

$sql = "DELETE FROM Projects where titel= '".$id."'";
if(mysqli_query($dbLink,$sql)){

    echo "
It is failed!
";
}
else{
    echo "
Deleting is succesful done!
";}

?>

A: Please find below the updated code. Kindly use delete on particular row id as title or any other field may create some issue.
<a href="delete.php?project_id=<?php echo $row['project_id']; ?>Delete

<?php
    }?>

And this is delete.php:
<?php
$id = $_GET['project_id'];

$sql = "DELETE FROM Projects where project_id= '".$id."'";
if(mysqli_query($dbLink,$sql)){

    echo "
It is failed!
";
}
else{
    echo "
Deleting is succesful done!
";}

?>

A: You're trying to $_GET['titel']; but what you're meant to get is $_GET['id'];
Either change it to id, or change your a link to:
<a href="delete.php?titel=<?php echo $row['project_id']; ?>Delete

What you should do then, in your delete.php file, is change your $sql to:
$sql = "DELETE FROM Projects where id= '".$id."'";

Also ensure $dbLink is set in delete.php.

A: Your $_GET will not work as you are sending id in your query string. Try the following in delete.php
$id = $_GET['id'];


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La série est inédite dans les pays francophones.

Synopsis
Love Child est une série dramatique de la télévision australienne qui suit la vie du personnel et des résidents à l'hôpital (fictif) de Kings Cross et Stanton House à Sydney en 1969. Le drame a été créé par Sarah Lambert et a été diffusé pour la première fois sur le réseau télévisuel Nine le .
La série est basée sur l'adoption forcée ayant réellement eu cours en Australie et pour laquelle l'ancienne première ministre Julia Gillard a offert en 2013, des excuses nationales aux personnes touchées.
Love Child comporte 4 saisons.

Distribution

Acteurs principaux
 Jessica Marais :  Joan Millar
 Jonathan LaPaglia :  Patrick McNaughton
 Mandy McElhinney : Matron Frances Bolton
 Ryan Johnson : Phillip Paige (saison 2)
 Ella Scott Lynch : Shirley Ryan
 Harriet Dyer : Patricia Saunders
 Sophie Hensser : Viv Maguire
 Gracie Gilbert : Annie Carmichael
 Miranda Taspell : Martha Tennant
 Ryan Corr : Johnny Lowry (saison 1)
 Matthew Le Nevez : Jim Marsh (saison 2)

Acteurs secondaires

Voir aussi

Sources

Références

Liens externes

Série télévisée créée en 2014
Série télévisée disparue en 2017
Série télévisée australienne des années 2010
Série télévisée de Nine Network
Série télévisée dramatique
Série télévisée se déroulant dans les années 1960
Série télévisée en anglais


Whenever you are doing some baby stuff, you should be very aware of the important factors to consider. First, there is size, there is comfort, and there is style.
Among the many baby things, the rag quilt is one that you can do on your own. They are readily available in baby stores but if you want to give it some personal touch, you can do the rag quilt on your own.
Your baby rag quilt dimensions will roughly depend on the actual size of the crib. Most cribs available today measures 28 x 34 inches. Your rag quilt must also be within that size range. You can make some allowances if you want the quilt to be tucked in. If you want it all laid out, going for the exact size of the crib is the best way to go.
To make the rag quilt for your baby, you must first lay down the materials. Choose the fabric to use. Remember that it should be comfortable enough for baby. When the issue on comfort is taken cared of, you can easily check out the available styles and designs. The design of the fabric you choose depends on your taste and your preference so as to match it with the current style of the baby room.
Aside from the fabric, you must also prepare your scissors, your sewing machine, your measuring tape, some pins, thread, and scrap batting.
There are quilt how-tos available in different online sites. You can use them as a guide in making your quilt. Step-by-step guidelines are very useful for those who like getting involved in DIY projects.
Rag quilts are widely varied. The baby quilts are just one classification. Thus, you must not be confused off the available quilts in the market. There are bed quilts, which take the size of the bed. There are also rag quilts used as lap blankets, the size in this case will depend on how big or small your need is.
As your baby starts to grow and outgrow his things, you should not feel sorry for the time and effort you poured in to make the baby quilt. You can easily turn it into a rag quilt and use for a different purpose. Just make sure that the design of the quilt is still appropriate for the room or area you decide to put it on. Look around the area and see whether the quilt design matches.


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24 Jan 2017 | RWS Moravia Blog |
Visual Localization: How Far Will LINE Stickers Travel?
Throughout time, humanity has wanted to communicate, using whichever tool it had at its disposal. But these tools grew to be something more, as they helped us express emotions and spin memories. A messaging app — the modern communication tool — has the potential to invoke similar sentiment in its users. Like LINE does with its stickers.
LINE earned about $280 million from its sticker business alone in 2015. But stickers are not just another channel of revenue for LINE. They're more than that: they're what makes the app, well, stickier; they're the growth engine for the app.
What role do stickers play in LINE's market acquisition outside of Japan? Will they continue to be an asset as it tries to lap up non-Asian markets?
Why so popular in Japan
If you trace the history of emojis and stickers, you unsurprisingly end up in Japan. This is for a very distinct and practical reason.
Not only is typing Japanese characters cumbersome on a phone, it's also the expectation to keep up with the various levels of formal expression in Japanese society. Direct, quick, and even abrupt may be the default way for people to communicate on messaging apps, but that's not acceptable in Japan. So how do you turn down an invite for after-hours drinks by a colleague? Let Brown the bear do it for you.
Let Brown the bear do it for you. Credits: The New York Times
LINE stickers help Japanese users say a lot quickly and convey more than words possibly could. Not everything calls for guffawing or drawing an explicitly long face. It could be a half-smile situation, and there's a LINE sticker for that.
Stickiness beyond the home market
LINE claimed 218 million monthly active users in mid-2016, most of whom are in its top four markets: Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia. Though its most important market continues to be Japan, it has made significant inroads in the other three markets. And, this is largely because of the premium that LINE places on localization. Watch the video below featuring LINE CEO Takeshi Idezawa speaking about how they localized stickers for Taiwan and Indonesia:
LINE doesn't merely translate the stickers, but also engages with local artists and celebrities, and pulls themes from the local culture to create stickers that truly resonate with the audience. For Islamic cultures, it gleaned that a major messaging opportunity exists around Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. So it designed images of Brown the bear breaking the fast and exchanging good wishes with Cony the rabbit — two iconic characters from LINE's sticker set.
In May 2014, the company also launched LINE Creators Market to allow anyone to design and publish stickers. They still go through an approval process, but lately LINE has relaxed the requirements. Photos are okay now, as is a set with just eight stickers. Previously, only sketches were allowed, and a set required at least 40 stickers.
What happens in non-Asian markets?
LINE has been trying to get a foothold in the United States for a couple of years now. It had to get its sticker arsenal assembled in order to win this market. It tried some known tricks, like coming up with celeb sticker ranges, but that may not be enough in the face of stiff competition from WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, some of the top performing apps of this genre in the American market.
Would the half-smiles be lost on American users, who would perhaps prefer stickers that leave no space for misinterpretation? The cultural challenge of adapting the stickers is the same even if LINE eyes other Asian markets. In India, LINE already offers stickers in Indian languages that are also tailored to Indian themes.
LINE is very dependent on its stickers to provide a differentiating edge, and it's aware of this dependence. Stickers that have succeeded in LINE's top markets can be both an asset as well as a liability in new markets — unless they're localized well. And given that it's all visual content, localizing it is not easy.
The race to dominance in the messaging app genre is still on. It'll be exciting to see how LINE takes up the challenge with its stickers.
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As part of the celebration of World Tourism Day, the Government of Catalonia, through the Catalan Tourism Agency, celebrated the 2016 Catalan Tourism awards on 27 September at a ceremony attended by 900 people.
These awards are granted to tourism projects that help enhance the resources and assets in Catalonia through new experiences for consumers or that are made in a responsible and innovative way.
The Costa Brava Girona Tourist Board received the award in the "Innovation" category for twice being the main promoter of the "TBEX Costa Brava – Catalonia" world congress for travel bloggers, which drew in 800 international participants in 2012 and 2015.
The jury, made up of members of the Board of the Tourism Bureau, also wanted to spotlight other projects that were finalists in each of their categories: the Campings Experience for the "Best Tourist Experience" and the Ter Route (from the Ter Consortium) for "Responsible Tourism".


SINGAPORE--(Marketwired - May 30, 2016) - PSB Academy university partners Loughborough University and Coventry University were again recognised as top-tier academic institutions in The Guardian's undergraduate university league table.
Loughborough University is newly listed in the Top 10, coming in at fourth place, up from 11th place last year. Coventry University is ranked 15th, while PSB's other university partners, Nottingham, Hull and Edinburgh Napier Universities, were ranked 25th and 71st and 70th respectively.
"As Singapore's leading private education institution, we see our partners' excellent performance in the Guardian University Rankings as testament to becoming effective springboards for ambitious students who want to be industry-ready and to go places in the global marketplace," said Derrick Chang, Chief Operating Officer for PSB Academy.
To help the public learn more about these programmes offered by PSB Academy's university partners, the institution is organising an Undergraduate Fair on 4 June. Visitors will also hear from industry partners such as ADK-Singapore, a leading marketing communications agency, and Spectrum Worldwide, the organiser behind large-scale events like Singapore's Standard Chartered Marathon.
More than 11,000 international and local students enroll at PSB Academy each year in its certification and diploma programs, as well as in the undergraduate degree courses offered by its partner universities from abroad, such as The University of Newcastle, Australia and Coventry University, UK.
The Guardian score is a rating of excellence based on a combination of factors that include student feedback on course satisfaction and teaching quality, staff-student ratio and employability. For more information about The Guardian University Guide, please visit http://bit.ly/1TJbsgn.
Productivity is at the heart of PSB Academy. Once known to all of us as the Productivity and Standards Board, PSB Academy today ranks as one of Singapore's leading private education institutions. Both our full-time and part-time programs focus on what really matters: performance in the real-world. We aim to appeal to both millennials looking for quality higher education as well as early to mid-career professionals looking to upgrade themselves. We have about 600 lecturers, full-time and part-time associates; we deliver lessons to over 11,000 local and international students; and we have two campuses in Singapore: PSBAcademy@Delta, a 300,000 sq ft full-fledged campus that is 3 minutes away from Tiong Bahru MRT Station; and a city campus, PSBAcademy@Shenton, which is located near Tanjong Pagar MRT Station.


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Juncus littoralis är en tågväxtart som beskrevs av Carl Anton von Meyer. Juncus littoralis ingår i släktet tåg, och familjen tågväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Der Sh.III des deutschen Herstellers Siemens & Halske war ein luftgekühlter Umlaufmotor mit 11 Zylindern, der im Ersten Weltkrieg entwickelt wurde.

Geschichte
Die Entwicklung der Umlaufmotoren bei Siemens & Halske begann 1912 mit dem letztlich erfolglosen Sh.I. Siemens zeigte mit dem Sh.I jedoch, dass ein Gegenläufer als Umlaufmotor praktikabel war. Der Sh.II zeigte sich wiederum erfolglos. So konzentrierte man sich ab Herbst 1916 auf den als Höhenmotor mit Überbemessung und Überverdichtung konzipierten Sh.IIIa, der gegenüber dem Ausgangstyp mehr Hubraum besaß und leistungsstärker war. Projektleiter war Franz Dinslage, Projektziel ein gegenläufiger Umlaufmotor mit 160 PS bei 900 min−1 Propellerdrehzahl.

Nach einem Vergleichsfliegen im Spätsommer 1917 wurde an die Firmen Siemens und den Lizenznehmer Rhemag ein Fertigungsauftrag von 2500 Stück erteilt. Die Fertigung erfolgte ab Februar 1918. Die Truppenerprobung zeigte Qualitätsprobleme der von Siemens gefertigten Motoren, insbesondere Kolbenschäden bereits nach 8 bis 10 Stunden Laufzeit, so dass die Motoren daraufhin im Mai 1918 von der Front zurückgenommen wurden, während die bei der Rhemag gefertigten Motoren den Ansprüchen besser genügten. Siemens verbesserte den Typ und erreichte schließlich mit dem Sh.IIIa genannten Typ eine Kurzzeitleistung von 200 PS am Boden. Bei Vergleichsflügen gegen Kriegsende zeigte sich der Sh.IIIa gleichwertig mit dem Oberursel UR IIIa und dem Goebel Goe III.

Konstruktion

Die Zylinder mit dem Propeller drehten bei diesem Umlaufmotor mit 900 min−1, während sich die Kurbelwelle in entgegengesetzter Richtung mit gleicher Drehzahl drehte, was zu einer effektiven Motordrehzahl (Kurbelwellenumdrehungen gegenüber dem Motorgehäuse) von 1800 min−1 führte. Daraus resultierten ein sehr guter Wirkungsgrad des Propellers und ein für Umlaufmotoren geringer gyroskopischer Effekt.

Verwendung
 Albatros D.XI
 Albatros (DVL) H.1
 Pfalz D.VIII
 Pfalz D.X
 Roland D.XVI
 Siemens-Schuckert D.II
 Siemens-Schuckert D.III
 Siemens-Schuckert D.IV

Technische Daten

Siehe auch
 Liste von Flugzeugtriebwerken

Literatur
 Kyrill von Gersdorff, Kurt Grasmann: Flugmotoren und Strahltriebwerke. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-7637-5272-2.

Weblinks

Sternmotor (Luftfahrt)


You're overworked, stressed out, and your kids, as much as you love them, are driving you crazy.
In short: you need a vacation.
You've always dreamed of going for a cruise, and now is the time to make it happen. However, you want to make sure you get everything out of the experience.
You've studied up on the rules of international travel, but you want to learn more.
Even if you've taken cruises in the past, there are always new ways to upgrade your experience. Keep on reading this post to get the latest cruise tips and tricks.
Then, get ready for the vacation of a lifetime!
We know that, especially if you've booked a seriously luxurious cruise, your wallet may be feeling the burn. After all, even standard cruises can easily cost you about $500 per night.
There are tons of money-saving hacks and tips for going on a cruise that will help you to avoid blowing your budget.
First of all, if you're traveling with friends, try to book rooms next to each other that have a balcony. This is an awesome way to avoid having to actually book "adjoining rooms" without paying the high price.
Once you board the ship, give maintenance a call and ask them if it's possible to get rid of the balcony divider between the two rooms.
Also, familiarize yourself with the rules about bringing alcohol on board.
Many cruise ship companies try to keep this quiet, but you're often allowed to bring two bottles of wine with you on the ship. This can seriously save you on the costs of your drinks.
And while we're on the subject of the cost of drinks?
Do the math when it comes to those all-inclusive "drink deals" — they might not be such a deal at all. This is especially the case if you're not a huge drinker. Figure out how much you'd actually have to drink in order to make the package worth it, and go from there.
Many people opt for cruises because they allow you to see so many different parts of the world in a short amount of time.
However, the trade-off is that you don't always get tons of time at each destination.
Study up on each port and city ahead of time, and make sure you know what you want to see. You should even research how to get to the top sights from the port.
For example, if you're docking at a Cozumel cruise port, you'll likely want to see the San Gervasio ruins or swim with the dolphins at the Chankanaab Beach Park.
Make a list of things you have to do, things you'd like to do, and things you can check out if you find you have extra time.
One of the most important cruise tips for newbies?
Prepare for the unpleasant possibility of seasickness, especially for the first few days on board.
If you're worried about getting sick, we suggest that you try to find a room in the middle of the ship. Request an option with a balcony or even a porthole. If you're able to see the horizon in some way, you'll experience less severe symptoms.
If you do get sick, remember that ships will have a doctor onboard. However, you'll need to cover the cost of your medical bills.
That's why many people invest in things like Dramamine, Promethazine, or even special bracelets that prevent seasickness. Check out this list of products to make sure you're ready to combat seasickness.
In addition to making sure you've stocked up on seasickness prevention methods?
You also need to ensure you've received the proper vaccinations or medications to visit certain destinations on the cruise. If you're unsure of the vaccinations you need, speak with your medical provider, the cruise line itself, or head to the CDC's website for answers.
Remember that, when you're going on a cruise or any boat in general, space will be seriously limited.
Embrace the reality of repeat outfits, switch to travel sizes of the products you need, and don't forget to leave room in your suitcase for souvenirs.
You should also study up on the dress code for certain events and restaurants onboard. While the majority of the time, you'll be in casual clothing? You should also bring at least one formal outfit.
Also, even if you're going for a tropical cruise, remember that the deck can get pretty chilly at night. Bring a light sweater or jacket, and don't forget a poncho.
Remember you should also bring a backpack to carry your essentials during day trips. You'll certainly want to have your hands free.
Finally, don't forget the essentials. Though things like sunscreen, umbrellas, and pain relief medication will be available on board, you can certainly expect to have to pay more to get them.
What should you do now that you're armed with all the cruise tips and tricks you need to make your vacation a success?
Start thinking about where you want to go — and who you'd like to travel with. Research the hottest destinations, as well as when tourism is at its peak. You want to have the opportunity to meet new people, but you also want to avoid overcrowded cities and long lines.
Keep checking back with us to make sure you're always ready to vacation in style.


SIX years ago June 30, I closed on my townhome. Time flies, doesn't it? When I moved in, I didn't have much. Two beds. Chairs. Lamps. And my old TV. Now I have more furniture than I need, my home is comfortable and my closets could likely use some culling!
Six years ago these little guys were 3!
Nephews – 6 years ago!
New furniture and used furniture – still mostly looks the same!
Lots of laughs around this table in six years!
These shelves are now filled… love the loft!
And time is marching on… it's about ten days since the first day of summer.
I had a great time around a summer solstice campfire in Rushford and celebrated a milestone birthday (4-0!) with my guy.
And speaking of milestones, July 1 marks one year since my first date with this guy!
Seems like we just met and that he's been in my life a long time.
I look forward to celebrating more milestones with him by my side.