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Top 15 Transgender Models who are changing the fashion industry
by Shazeya Daudpota
Despite gender bias and gender inequality some of the Transgender Models have made their place in the fashion industry and changing the mindset of people. The road to their career success has seen many hindrances and have faced cruel racism.
The transgender people have had a history to very difficult and complicated history in their normal as well as in modeling life.
However the modeling and fashion industry have started showing acceptance and have come to realize that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
Many transgender models have carved their path and have reached the path of success, fame and fortune.
Here are Top 15 transgender Models in the fashion and modeling industry today.
Top 15 Transgender Models
1. Hunter Schafer
Hunter Schafer was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, the United States in December 1999. Schafer is a talented fashion model, actress, and LGBT rights activist.
She is a transgender woman who has modeled for Dior, Miu Miu, Calvin Klein, Rick Owens, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Versace and many more fashion houses.
To her credit is also a HBO series Euphoria, she made her acting debut in 2019 portraying Jules.
TV Show: Euphoria
2. Hari Nef
Hari Nef
Hari Nef is an American actress, model and a writer, born in October 21. 1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States.
She war born into a Jewish family, her parents divorced when she was only two-years-old. Hari was raised by her mother.
Her modeling career started in 2014, when a photographer noticed her on Instagram. nef was on the cover of Frische Magazine in 2014 and made it to number 68 on Dazed's 100 list.
She was signed to IMG Models in 2015, as their first transgender model. Summer of the same year she was cast in Amazon prime's Transparent – second season.
She also starred in the 2018 film "Assasination Nation"
She has written for Dazed, Vice, Original Plumbing and Blackbook.
Books: Ethan James Green, Young New York
3. Andreja Pejic
Andreja Pejic
Andreja Pejic is a Bosnian-Australian model and one of the most known transgender models in the world. Pejic was born in August of 1991 in Tuzla, Yugoslavia.
She was initially known for modeling for both men and women's clothing and was known as the first completely androgynous supermodel. She came out as a trans model in 2013.
She has been seen on the covers of international editions of Elle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, and many more.
Movies: The Girl in the Spider's Web
4. Ines Rau
Ines Rau
Ines Rau is a French model of Algerian descent, born in Paris in the year 1990. She came in the spotlight in November 2013 when she posed nude with Tyson Beckford for OOB, a luxury French Magazine. In 2014 became the second transgender model to feature in Playboy. She has modeled for Nicole Miller, Alexis Bittar, and Barneys New York.
Date of Birth: March 17, 1990
READ MORE: Top 15 Child models of the year 2020
5. Arisce Wanzer
Arisce Wanzer
Arisce Wanzer is transgender model, comedian and actress. She was born as a male in Woodbridge, Virginia. She has taken part in drag troupe for three to four years and also in many fashion shows at Miami Fashion Week.
She is the first trans model to be the cover-girl for the Spiegel Catalog. Wanzer has also appeared on Elle, Vogue, Forbes and purple.
6. Geena Rocero
Geena Rocero
Geena Rocero is a Filipino American supermodel, transgender advocate and TED speaker. Geena started competing in beauty pageants at the age of fifteen. Now she owns a media production company "Gender Proud". The company shares stories of transgender communities worldwide to promote justice and equal rights. She has also spoken at the UN headquarters, World Economic Forum and even at the White House.
7. Juliana Huxtable
Juliana Huxtable was born in Texas, she is an American artist, author of two books, performer and DJ. She is also the co-founder of the nightlife project Shock Value which id New York based.New
Books: Mucus in My Pineal Gland, Life
8. Isis King
Isis King is an American actress, fashion designer and a model. She was the first trans contestant to compete in the America's Top Model – reality TV show.
Date of Birth: October 1, 1985
9. Lea T
Lea T
lea T is a Brazillia-born, Italian raised transgender fashion model.
10. Carmen Carrera
Carmen Carrera is an American reality TV personality, model, burlesque performer and actress. She was born in New Jersey.
11. Munroe Bergdorf
Munroe Bergdorf is an English transgender model and activist. To her credit are several catwalks for brands like Gypsy Sports. She is the first trans model in the UK for L'Oreal.
Website: Munroe Bergdorf
READ MORE: Top 10 Plus Size Female Models of 2018
12. Valentina Sampaio
Valentina Sampaio is a Brazilian model, actress, and ambassador for L'Oréal Paris. In August 2019 she became the first openly transgender model for Victoria's Secrets.
Movies: Berenice Procura
13. Theodora 'Teddy' Quinlivan
Theodora 'Teddy' Quinlivan
American model Theodora 'Teddy' Quinlivan ranks as one of the top 50 models by models.com
14. Indya Moore
Indya Moore is a New York city based model, writer, actress and performance artist. She became a model at the age of 15 shooting for Dior and Gucci.
15. Leyna Bloom
Leyna Bloom is an American actress, dancer, model and activist.
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Im shocked that you haven't done your research on important trans male models like Casil McArthur who was the first female to male model in high fashion. 20 pages of W magazine with Steven Meisel, 40 pages of RE: Edition with Collier Schorr. Emma Summerton, Ethan James Green, Harley Weir…He opened the door to all of these incredible trans males like Krow Kian, Finn Buchanan, Oslo Grace, etc. Instagram did a feature on him last week.


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Planning bed room decor could be a challenging task because it involves selecting the best color plan and lighting to match the atmosphere of the people. It must possess the correct balance of all of the essential aspects of decor to supply relaxation and harmony following a hard day's work. Hence, while decorating this room, one must be cautious to determine that it doesn't look very loud nor too dull and boring simultaneously. While designing your bed room, the very first factor that needs attention may be the color plan from the room, which depends upon your individual needs and preferences.
Many people choose to have white-colored, beige or neutral palettes for his or her bedrooms, which reflects peace and tranquility. However, you could test out different colors based on your mood or altering seasons. There are lots of individuals who prefer using summer time and winter colors for his or her bed room decor. It's important to maintain your preferences in your mind while decorating your bed room too. If you wish to suit your bed room set and all of those other furniture using the color plan, then there's simply no harm inside it.
Just bear in mind the bed room floor, walls and furnishings are arranged well and complement one another. Soft furnishings along with a good mixture of color plan may be used to give a sense of comfort and spaciousness towards the room. Choose simple bed room sets which include side tables, dressing table and vanity mirrors having a nice bed lamp, which could blend well with all of those other decor. It's more suitable to possess light furniture pieces, which may be moved around without cramming up an excessive amount of space.
Curtains will also be part from the bed room that may enhance you bed room decor. Plain curtains see how to avoid and soothing colors can provide a far more calming effect towards the bed room. If you wish to lend an elegant touch for your bed room, raw silk and velvet curtains in vibrant colors is yet another sensible choice. Additionally for this, floor furnishings like rugs look beautiful and colorful when combined with bed room decor. Oriental rugs, bamboo rugs and wonderful colorful throw rugs can be used as supplying an individual touch for your bed room for additional beauty.
Nowadays there are also rugs which are simple to maintain and washable whenever needed. Besides, these modern rugs look wonderful when included in the house decor. Different bedspreads, colorful pillows made using various materials and sheets form part of designing a bed room. These depend more about the private tastes and selection of various individuals. You may choose lighter bedspreads for that summers and heavier ones with vibrant colors throughout the winters.
Lighting is another vital facet of bed room decor and it must be selected carefully to mirror the atmosphere and taste of the baby. You are able to go for general and task lighting for greater concentrate the bed room while studying, which again depends upon your selection of activities and regions of interest. Mood lighting, recessed lower lights and upward fixtures can be used as different tasks to focus on the bed room decor.


It had to be done! How could I refuse an invite back to Wasing (where we did the Ouseko photoshoot in May) with my lovely friends and new godchild (very proud – I now have 5!). The sun was shining and we ate outside under the vines and then went for a wander and picked apples and tomatoes and played with the cows. What a perfect first Sunday of September!
This entry was posted in Travel on September 10, 2013 by ouseko.
Where have the days gone? Ten days of dancing and running around London and I'm ready to see green hills again. I don't know what's happened to me these days..I seem to have turned into a real old country bumpkin. I always love London when I first arrive and then after a few days I'm ready to leave again..must be the lovely Goan pace of life that I've got so used to and the sense of space that you never get in the city.
Anyway I went off to Wales with my scrummy man, for an idyllic few days walking, swimming and basking in the beautiful light and spectacular views. This is where I grew up – where we spent every weekend since I can remember and I still love it every time I go back. There's something about the Welsh valleys that makes you feel so close to nature and the wilderness and the sea..who knows maybe one day I'll end up living there.
In case you're wondering, I have been working in between all these lovely little adventures..I'm not just permanently on holiday! I've been spending the weekdays at home in my studio in Worcestershire and then if I'm organised I can scurry off somewhere on Friday to make the most of the weekend. Because I mostly work alone I'm always dying to see people and go away somewhere and make the most of every last minute I still have here.
The thing about living abroad is that you always come home with new eyes and each time you return you see things differently and then you start to observe your own culture and country as though you're looking at it from the outside, as a newcomer, and everything feels kind of new and exciting and beautiful. It's one of the things I love most about travelling…it's like falling in love all over again when your senses are alive. Of course if both are happening at the same time..well, then you're in a place called heaven! So I've been observing our little island with my new eyes and wanting to discover as much as I can in the limited time I'm here. And then it'll be back to India and the start of a new chapter and a whole load more discoveries.
This entry was posted in Travel on September 7, 2013 by ouseko.
I can't believe how quickly the summer's flying by. It's already the end of August and I've only got one month left until I leave for India again. It's been the most amazing 4 months – Britain has been showing her finest colours and I've loved spending time with so many wonderful friends adventuring and exploring our little island.
I suddenly realised, however, that I'd hardly spent any time in London and have barely set foot in my old hood or done anything cultural. I've also been dreaming of dancing again and was totally inspired by a film I watched recently in which Emily Blunt (a big favourite) plays a contemporary ballet dancer finding love in New York. At the time I wasn't sure if it was really her doing the dance scenes but apparently she trained for 3 months to do that part and made it look so beautiful so I decided it was time for action and I should look for a class in London. Perfect timing, being August and the holidays, as there's plenty of summer intensives and I found a course at my favourite dance studios in Clerkenwell (the Place) to learn Cunningham – basically a form of contemporary ballet. Luckily I've got some experience in classical ballet and over the years have tried everything from Argentine tango to salsa, samba, African, etc but this was a whole new language for me and a wonderful experience and challenge – especially as most of the class were dancers or at least looked like it. By the end of the week I was loving it and began to feel like a dancer again, but my poor body was broken!
Here's a little glimpse of the studios..there were even dancers from the Calcutta Tanusree Shankar Dance Company in the class on a scholarship in London..amazing…next stop Calcutta!
In between dancing, I had a lovely time exploring London on my bike and rediscovering all my old cycle paths and cafés along the canal. I do love London in the summer..what a totally different place it becomes and what a wonderful little adventure in the city.
oh look..it's my car in red!
This entry was posted in Behind the Scenes on September 1, 2013 by ouseko.
As I'd been stitching away and had a super productive week I decided it was time to take a few days off and go on a little adventure around Worcestershire. It's hay-making time and the countryside is alive with the sounds of tractors and general activity so I ambled off on my bike and across the bridleways in search of some peace and beautiful views. I'm still amazed by all the different greens of the English countryside…it's like walking over velvet with the sun shining on it and the smells are so evocative..that feeling of having landed and coming home.
This entry was posted in Travel on August 28, 2013 by ouseko.
I thought I was spending a weekend in London until I remembered it was Cowes week and as the sun was shining the Isle of Wight was beckoning. So off we sped to Lymington, jumped on the ferry and made it just in time to hitch a ride on the boats and join the party in the wharf.
The next day, somewhat cloudy headed, we ended up on the other side of the island at Sandown Bay by the wonderful Victorian pier. Amazing…it just happened to be the day of the annual Sandown to Shanklin sea swim. Clearly a huge event in the Cowes week calendar when the SERIOUS swimmers get together and race 2 miles from pier to pier..against the current! Lost in a spectacular crowd of red & yellow swimming caps and enthusiastic holiday makers I felt like we'd stepped onto the set of a mid-century movie. What a brilliantly British scene..brightly coloured beach huts, stripy deckchairs, swimming caps and the ever present windbreak. Love it!
This entry was posted in Travel on August 10, 2013 by ouseko.
It's turning out to be the best summer ever and I'm consuming the English countryside – these are the days when I feel totally in the present and don't want to be anywhere else. I remember the times when I was sweltering in the African heat and longing to return to our green and pleasant land. No wonder the Indian Maharajas chose to holiday over here – when the weather's fine, it's beautiful. I love the views from our village…acres of rolling green hills, golden cornfields and meadows of flowering blue linseed. Here's a glimpse of village life..watch out for 'Lover's Orchard', my favourite little place.
This entry was posted in Behind the Scenes on August 2, 2013 by ouseko.


Sleepyhead Deluxe was the original baby sleeping pod, the first to introduce the idea of creating a snug, portable, material surround for babies to sleep in. Its success led to other companies producing similar products, but Sleepyhead's dominance in the market has meant the name is now often used to describe any baby pod.
The original concept behind the Sleepyhead was to create a cosy and soothing environment for babies to sleep in – the big idea was to recreate a womb-like experience. Cots and cotbeds look huge for little babies, and Sleepyheads are often used on top of cot mattresses to give a more snug place to put your baby to sleep, with padded sides close to your baby's head and body.
That concept has grown since 2007 when it was launched in Sweden by its founder and mum-of-two Lisa Furuland. It's now developed to have many uses – from tummy-time aid, to being a portable sleep unit and even a potentially safer place if you're considering co-sleeping.
Sleepyhead is one of the products that's grown by word-of-mouth – you'll find social media posts and parent reviews endlessly praising the pod as being the key to getting babies off to sleep.
But it's not been without its controversy over safe sleeping guidelines. We explain the concerns that have been raised by The Lullaby Trust in our review. However, it's important to be aware that hundreds of thousands of Sleepyheads (called Dock-A-Tot in the US and Australia) have been sold and used daily (or nightly) for over 10 years and we've been unable to find any evidence of a Sleepyhead pod being directly linked to cases of SIDS or suffocation.
Let's start with the big question – does it help babies sleep?
In our experience, yes. In the beginning, our newborn baby Evan would sleep contentedly in the Sleepyhead during the day, and friends who were parents were always astonished at how well he'd sleep compared to their babies.
As he got older, his naps naturally decreased, but when he was sleeping soundly, he'd stay down for a solid amount of time.
Once he outgrew the Sleepyhead, we put him on the cot mattress. We found the quality and duration of his naps really diminished.
Thankfully, there's a larger Sleepyhead, the Grand, which accommodates children up to 3 years old and we started using that when he was 13 months old.
The Sleepyhead is incredibly simple to use. A week after purchasing it, I unexpectedly went into early labour. When we all came home from hospital, it was just a case of opening the Sleepyhead carry bag, taking out the pod and transferring our tiny bundle into it in our front room. He didn't wake and I sat and watched him sleep sweetly for two hours.
In the beginning it was very easy to pop Evan into the pod after he'd fallen asleep post-feed. I could move it easily from room to room with him in it too, so he was always with me.
When he got older and especially during tough developmental changes and teething, he did occasionally wake up when being put in. It would take a few goes to get him down and stay asleep, but he would almost always concede in the end.
You can also use the pod when they're awake too. When he was teeny tiny, we'd pop him under the baby gym whilst still in it, and when he got older, it doubled as a tummy time aid.
Is the Sleepyhead Deluxe Pod comfy for babies?
Yes, the material of the cover is soft corduroy-like cover and the texture of the pod is comfortable enough to be a gentle sleeping surface, but not so much so that your baby sinks into it.
The shape of the bumper means your baby feels cocooned rather than having lots of space around them.
So what are the safety concerns about the Sleepyhead Deluxe?
You may have seen the warning from The Lullaby Trust that baby sleeping pods and nests do not meet the safer sleep guidelines that it promotes.
"The evidence shows that the safest way to sleep a baby is on a firm, flat, waterproof mattress in a cot or moses basket and we would not recommend any sleep surface that does not conform to these guidelines," The Lullaby Trust told us.
According to the Trust, the fact that pods and nests have mattresses with raised, padded sides mean that they don't meet the "flat" requirements of the guidelines. Yet our argument would be that this is true of many cribs and moses baskets, which are recommended by the Trust.
We've investigated all of the scientific evidence that the Trust has based its warning on. Perhaps because pods and nests are fairly recent products, there isn't any specific research relating to them, but as previously mentioned we could find no evidence of any reported cases of suffocation or SIDS directly linked to use of a Sleepyhead.
One thing that's clear is that Sleepyhead base mattresses are firm, whereas some other baby pods have soft, deep mattresses, which are not advised. Always choose a firm mattress – don't be tempted to pick a soft, spongy mattress for your baby – it may look more comfy but it's not as safe. It's also important that you use a Sleepyhead on a firm surface – this includes a firm cot or bed mattress.
The one real negative is that the Sleepyhead Deluxe might not last you through to the estimated 8 month mark, especially if you have a bigger baby.
Around 6.5 months, Evan grew too long for it even though he's smaller than average (on the 25th centile for length). I would still assert that we got our money's worth.
Everything about the pod is washable (the covers and bumpers can go in the washing machine and the mattress pad is handwash only).
Extra covers come in a host of colours and given how much newborns spit up their milk/have poo explosions, buying one is definitely recommended so you have a spare to put on when you need to wash it.
You can also purchase replacement inner bumpers and pads direct from the manufacturers in Sweden. The cover was easy to remove and washed well, but there's a bit of an art to putting the cover on the bumper and pad as it's a tight fit.
Can you take it travelling?
It's feather light so moving it from room to room is easy. However, as it's quite thick and padded, it's not easy to fold down to a small size to take it away on holiday, for example, unless you had a large suitcase or you're travelling via car. I like that the pod has its own clear plastic carry bag, and you can buy a navy transport bag for £55 separately if you'd like a more stylish version.
Is it worth buying the mobile arch and toy set?
For me, yes, as it made the Sleepyhead Deluxe more versatile – I used it as both a gym and a sleeping pod. My baby was happy to lie there on his front or his back for a while playing with the toys and looking around the room.
The Toy Arch is suitable until babies are able to pull themselves up, so you'll likely get around 4 to 6 months of use out of it. My baby is 5 months old and it's still suitable for him.
It also looks much more chic and sophisticated than my brightly coloured baby gym, and I think my little boy appreciates the black and white contrast of the arch and toys, which is thought to be visually stimulating for young babies. I find it a useful addition, because it means the same product can be used in a variety of different ways.
Is the Sleepyhead good value?
At £120, it isn't cheap, but it is incredibly well engineered and worth the price considering its quality and all the benefits it will give you over the 6-8 months it lasts.
And the resale value of Sleepyheads is not to be sniffed at either – they tend to fetch at least half their original price on auction sites.
It worked for our baby, many of our MFMers' babies in our forum – and hundreds of others, if social media posts are anything to go by.
Given that the advice is to be in the same room as your baby while they're sleeping during the day and night, Sleepyhead offers a really portable sleeping space for supervised sleeping.
I would definitely recommend the Sleepyhead Deluxe to anyone who wants to a sleeping pod for your baby, as long as you use it following the safe guidelines. The quality makes it worth the money, plus it doubles as an entertainment place.
Bedtime, we've got that covered….


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The trade body for the Aerospace, Defence and Space sectors in Wales
AcademiaAerospace Ground Equipment, Tooling, Jigs & Fixtures & Test EquipmentAsset Management & LogisticsCyber Security and Digital ForensicsIndustry Support People Academia & TrainingIndustry Support Professional Consultancy, Finance & LegalIndustry Support Technical R&D & EnvironmentInformation Technology – Software, CAD/CAM etc.Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) & NDTManufacturing Systems & Components Electrical / ElectronicsManufacturing Systems & Components MechanicalMaterialsOperations
Centre of excellence for aerospace
Wales is a centre of excellence for aerospace manufacturing and MRO related activities; over 160 companies employ in excess of 23,000 people. State-of-the-art facilities now manufacture, supply, maintain, repair and overhaul, civil and military aircraft from around the world. The aerospace sector in Wales is a dynamic growth industry that operates on best practice techniques and is supported directly by the Aerospace Wales Forum.
It may come as a surprise to some that Wales has such a strong dynamic aerospace sector. With just 5% of the UK population, we have around 10% of the UK's aerospace industry which includes 20% of the UK MRO market.
They're quite impressive statistics and clearly show we punch above our weight.
So why is the sector so strong in Wales? It's a combination of factors: we have key players based in Wales, plus a real passion for the sector that's committed to supporting its growth. We also have considerable academic expertise and great training programmes to produce a skilled workforce.
As the trade association for all companies operating in the aerospace & defence sector in Wales, Aerospace Wales Forum works closely with the Welsh Government to promote Welsh capabilities globally, facilitate collaboration and networking opportunities and encourage and support participation at major international events.
We work with companies of all sizes to provide the tailored business support they need to grow. Our key players include among others, Airbus, BAE Systems, GE, Nordam, Babcock and British Airways. The Airbus wing manufacturing operation in Broughton, North Wales, has been the subject of massive investment and is the single largest manufacturing plant in Britain. Employing 6,500 and supporting a further 2,000 people in the local supply chain, Airbus spends more than £120 million annually through its Welsh supply chain.

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I have mentioned before that I played baseball all the way through college. I graduated from Central Michigan University hitting .300 with 20 Homeruns and 75 RBI. Our team won three consecutive conference championships. Our graduating class is held in high esteem. We celebrated our 30 year reunion of those teams a few weeks ago. It was a very special celebration.


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The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are back for 2023 after a successful 2022 event and entries to the awards are still open until 10 February. This year our awards will have one big change; for the first time ever, the awards will be moving venues and taking place at Old Billingsgate London. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards will, once again, bring together the landscaping community for an afternoon to celebrate the excellent standards set within the landscaping industry. Pro Landscaper's Jim Wilkinson says: "The Pro Landscaper Business Awards is my favourite day in the calendar, though of course there are…
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FutureScape 2022 the most successful event yet
This year's FutureScape, in association with TREX, was a huge success, with thousands of visitors attending the event at the ExCeL London on 15 and 16 November. FutureScape 2022 boasted a series of seminars and award ceremonies, as well as leading exhibitors in the industry. Three new seminar theatres were added to this year's event – the Lighting Zone, the Urban Greening Zone in association with Maylim, and the Training, Education and Employment Village in association with GoLandscape. Pro Landscaper's Most Influential awards took place in partnership with tigerup!, revealing the top 25 most influential people in the industry, as well…
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After a run of award success and recognition this year, Caribbean Blinds has now won The Manufacturing Excellence Award at the 2022 Scale Up Awards. The Scale-Up Awards, organised by Business Leader, are the first and only awards to focus on the scale-up sector, celebrating high-growth companies and the entrepreneurs that run them. Held at London's acclaimed Tobacco Dock, the ceremony attracted more than 450 business leaders, entrepreneurs and VIPs from across the nation. Hosted by comedian Russell Kane, Caribbean Blinds – a UK manufacturer of outdoor shading systems – received its award in front of notable attendees including Theo…
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Shortlist revealed for the small project Big Impact Awards
Pro Landscaper has revealed the shortlist for it's fourth small project BIG IMPACT Awards. The small projects BIG IMPACT awards are a great chance for companies within the landscaping industry to show what can be done with amazing skills and creativity in smaller spaces with limited budgets. With Liz Hughes (from our award partner Provender Nurseries) highlighting "It's really good to be able showcase what the average person out there would spend on a garden and what they would get for it." With the FutureScape Event now at London's famous ExCeL exhibition centre, and taking place over two days, the small…
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Pro Landscaper's 30 under 30 is back for its eighth year. So far, we have celebrated 210 winners from a variety of sectors within the industry – from sales to arboriculture, construction to design, or maintenance to landscape architecture. The awards highlight not only the up-and-coming talent within the industry, but also the diversity of horticulture and those working within it. Propelled into the landscaping limelight, previous winners have been able to achieve even bigger and better things since collecting their awards. Jim Wilkinson, Pro Landscaper's managing director, said: "We're proud to be launching the Pro Landscaper 30 Under 30:…
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The winners have been revealed for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022. These awards bring together the landscaping community for an afternoon of celebrating the excellent standards set within the industry. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards which focus on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall winners. Sixteen awards were presented at the fifth annual ceremony which took place at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, on Friday 22nd April. View the full…
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Gemma Lloyd January 21, 2022
Pro Landscaper Business Awards: Deadline fast approaching (ten days left)
Could you be a winner? The deadline to enter the Pro Landscaper Business Awards is 31st January (just 10 days to go!) After an enormously successful event last year, celebrating the excellent standards set within the landscape industry, we're looking towards The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 returning to East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf on 22 April 2022. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards focusing on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall…
Pro Landscaper's Podium Awards 2021 winners revealed
Winners announced for Pro Landscaper's small project BIG IMPACT Awards
Nina Mason October 16, 2021
Winners of the SGD Awards revealed
The Society of Garden Designers has announced the winners of the ninth annual SGD Awards at a live event in London celebrating standout projects from across the industry. The most prestigious award of the night – The Grand Award – was presented to Sara Jane Rothwell MSGD for a stunning sloped garden in London which the judges described as a 'sexy, avant-garde design which has been flawlessly executed'. Kristina Clode won the coveted Judges' Award for a school sensory garden and renowned garden designer, author and broadcaster David Stevens FSGD was presented with the SGD Lifetime Achievement Award marking a career that spans over…
Gemma Lloyd October 15, 2021
Shortlist revealed for Pro Landscaper's small project BIG IMPACT Awards 2021
Pro Landscaper has revealed the shortlist for its small project BIG IMPACT Awards. For the third year in a row, the awards will celebrate projects with a value under £30k, which often go underappreciated. This year marks a huge development for the Pro Landscaper small project BIG IMPACT Awards. With FutureScape moving to the ExCeL and taking place over two days, the awards will be an afternoon ceremony held at the event, complete with lunchtime drinks and canapes, on Tuesday 16 November. Jim Wilkinson, managing director, said: "Pro Landscaper's small project BIG IMPACT awards just keeps getting better and better.…
Gemma Lloyd September 1, 2021
VIDEO: The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021
The Pro Landscaper Business Awards took place at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf on 30 July 2021. The event brought the landscaping community together for an afternoon of celebrating the high standards set within the landscaping industry. Among the winners were: W Crowders & Sons Ltd, Sarah Eberle Landscape & Garden Design, Maylim Ltd, Tony Benger Landscaping Ltd, Glendale Services, Landscapia Ltd, Connick Tree Care, Acre Landscapes Limited, VaRa Garden Design, Mitie Group PLC, Green-tech, ASA Landscape Architects, and Ground Control. After an enormously successful event this year, we're looking towards The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2022 which will return to…
Gemma Lloyd August 13, 2021
Pro Landscaper Podium Awards 2021
The Pro Landscaper Podium Awards, created to celebrate excellence in podium landscaping and design. As one of the fastest-growing areas for the landscaping market, podium landscapes will play a huge role in the future of construction in the UK, and this country will be a global leader in this specialism. This year, we have increased the number of categories. 2021's Pro Landscaper Podium Awards will see landscape architects, garden designers and landscapers battle for 7 awards. The categories are: Residential Commercial Public Retail Hospitality Future Project Podium Product The awards will be taking place at central London Venue ExCel on…
Gemma Lloyd July 30, 2021
The winners have been revealed for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021. These awards bring together the landscaping community for an afternoon of celebrating the excellent standards set within the industry. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards are the only industry awards which focus on how well companies run their business. Profitability, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, commitment to the landscaping sector, and client/supplier relationships are all areas reviewed as part of identifying the shortlist and overall winners. Fifteen awards were presented at the fourth annual ceremony which took place at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, on Friday 30th July. View the full…
Pro Landscaper Business Awards going ahead on 30 July 2021
The fifth annual Pro Landscaper Business Awards will be taking place on the 30th July 2021 (just 17 days to go!) The celebration will be held at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, and tickets are still available here: BUY TICKETS – Pro Landscaper Business Awards or you can call us on 01903 777570. The Pro Landscaper Business Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the business aspect of fantastic companies across the UK. Join over 400 industry colleagues and revel in the success of you and your peers with an afternoon of networking, good food and celebration. Now with over 15…
Gemma Lloyd June 15, 2021
Pro Landscaper Business Awards delayed until 30 July 2021
As we all thought the government has postponed 'freedom day' until 19th July (though this may be bought forward to the 5th July). This, of course, means that we are having to delay announcing and celebrating the Pro Landscaper Business Awards winners until Friday 30 July 2021. This is not ideal but unfortunately out of our control. Boris Johnson has promised that 19th July is a termination date of any restrictions. On the bright side, The 4th annual Pro Landscaper Business Awards will be an exceptional event. We have some excellent shortlisted companies, the food at East Wintergarden is delicious…
Gemma Lloyd May 10, 2021
Brett awards success for Mannmade Drives & Designs
Joe Wilkinson April 16, 2021
BALI National Landscape Awards are open for entries
Accredited members can now enter the 2021 National Landscape Awards, the largest of their kind anywhere in Europe, and with the announcement of entries opening there are also a number of exciting opportunities for 2021. Due to the effects of COVID-19, Contractor, Designer and International members, for 2021 only, now have the opportunity to submit a scheme that has achieved practical completion in the last 24 months, instead of the normal 12 months affording members more flexibility in what has been a difficult year. With sustainability becoming increasingly important within the industry, alongside the 32 categories available to enter, a…
Pro Landscaper's small project BIG IMPACT Awards launch for 2021
Entries are now open for Pro Landscaper's small project BIG IMPACT Awards 2021. The ceremony will take place at FutureScape Expo 2021 on Tuesday 16 November from 12pm-2pm. This initiative heralds the smaller projects that often slip under the radar or don't qualify for entry in the industry association awards due to size or value. This year, Pro Landscaper has raised the budget limit from £25,000 to £30,000 in four of the seven categories. A new category – Sustainable Garden under £30,000 – has also been added for 2021. The 'Big Impact' of each entry will be appraised by leading…
Joe Wilkinson April 2, 2021
The Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2021 shortlist has been announced. 2021 saw a 90%+ increase in entries on last year, and the judges will spend time analysing the entries to come up with a winner in each of the 14 categories. The winners will be announced on Friday 25 June 2021 at the East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London. You can now book your tickets to attend here. The companies on the shortlist are as follows: Arboriculture Company Thompson Tree Services (Midlands) Ltd Glendale Managed Services Connick Tree Care Beechenlea Maintenance Ltd Advanced Tree Services Ltd Arbor Cultural Commercial Landscaping…
Joe Wilkinson March 24, 2021
Trades Coach and Pro Landscaper writer crowned as UK's best business woman
The Trades Coach, Alison Warner, has been named as UK's Best Business Woman for her pioneering work transforming trade and construction businesses. Alison was recognised for changing the fortunes of businesses across the UK, coaching owners to come off the tools and dramatically increase their turnover. Alison is also founder of the UK's first online business academy for the industry – Build and Grow – launching to popular acclaim in January 2021. Alison was one of just 2 business coaches to make it to the finals of the UK's Best Business Women Awards beating thousands of entries from across the…
New RHS awards celebrate blossoming community spirit
The RHS will celebrate community gardening across the UK through the RHS Community Awards. The new virtual awards replace the RHS Britain in Bloom UK Finals competition for 2021. This is for the first time in the campaign's 57-year history. It will see Britain in Bloom groups recognised for their efforts to transform their local areas. Last year nine in every ten groups carried on gardening, maintaining our all-important green spaces and harnessing their skills to help others, from growing food to lifting people's spirits via imaginative planting displays. Walthamstow Village, London, shared virtual tours of their…
McWilliam Studio wins Gold & Best in Show at Shenzhen Flower Show
McWilliam Studio has been awarded a gold medal and best in show at the 2021 Shenzhen Garden Festival. This is for their garden 'Between Heaven and Earth'. The festival celebrates design talent, showcasing gardens for each of China's regions. This helps to promote regional identity. Designers from the UK, US, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, the Philippines, Lithuania and South Africa took part. McWilliam Studio won a competition to create a garden that would best represent host region Shenzhen. They beat off proposals from four other firms including two based in China. Inspired by Shenzhen's rapid development, 'Between Heaven…


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Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The population was 10,179 at the 2010 census. The town is served by Route 57 and Route 53, both of which run through the town center. About 19% of the town's workforce commutes to New York City, about 45 miles (72 km) to the southwest.
Like many towns in southwestern Connecticut, Weston is among the most affluent communities in the United States. Data collected in 2011 showed that Weston had the highest median household income in Fairfield County, Connecticut, at $205,173.
In 2011 Connecticut Magazine named Weston as the number one town in Connecticut among towns with populations of 10,000–15,000. The rating considers education, crime, economy, cost and leisure.
Weston is bordered by Wilton to the west, Redding to the north, Easton to the east, Fairfield to the southeast, and Westport to the south.
Aside from a handful of stores that form the town's center, Weston has little commercial development. Residential development is limited by two-acre zoning. Most of Devil's Den Preserve, a 1,746-acre nature reserve, which gets 40,000 visits a year, is located in the town.
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Q: UITextField "value changed" not firing when field is updated I have an IBAction that I have connected to a UITextField element in Interface Builder. (Firing on "value changed" event)
I also have a UISlider that updates the TextField element automatically when it's value gets adjusted.
When I run my app, the TextField does get updated when I adjust the slider, but the "value changed" event does not fire when this happens. The value changed event also does not fire when I edit the TextField by hand as well. (Although using the Did Editing End trigger does cause it to fire).
My question is, how can I get the value changed trigger to fire for both a programmatic update of the TextField as well as when the user adjusts the value.

A: To get EditingChanged  textfield event, I suggested add selector as
[textField addTarget:self action:@selector(textChanged:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];

As textfield value changed, the changed value you will get from this textChanged: selector.
-(void)textChanged:(UITextField *)textField
{
    NSLog(@"textfield data %@ ",textField.text);
}

A: An old question, but the first search result I found, and none of the answers are satisfactory.  I found this solution to work best: Swift UITextField subclass handle text change programmatically.
Override UITextField's text property to add a didSet(), and call your value changed function from there.
  override open var text: String? {
        didSet {
            myValueDidChange()
        }
    }

A: While value gets assigned programmatically, in that case, textFieldDidChange never get called because actually textField hasn't changed. For this external event needs to pass
eg., textfield.sendActions(for: .editingChanged) this will fire the editing changed event and textFieldDidChange will get called even after value changed programmatically.

Where to apply this event:

After assigning value to the text filed eg., textfield.text = "some value"

A: Don't use UIControlEventValueChanged for UITextField. What you want is UIControlEventEditingChanged.

A: IF you are assigning a delegate to the text field then note that  (when you return NO from the delegate method below, the event (Editing changed) won't be triggered. Consider invoking the event listener when you do return NO from this method
(BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string

A: Swift 4:
class YourViewController: UIViewController {
    // MARK: Outlets
    @IBOutlet weak var titleTextField: UITextField!

    // MARK: View lifecycle
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        titleTextField.delegate = self
    }
}

// MARK: UITextFieldDelegate methods
extension YourViewController: UITextFieldDelegate {
    func textField(_ textField: UITextField,
                   shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange,
                   replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
        print("changed")
        return true
    }
}

A: For Swift 3:
textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textChanged), for: .valueChanged)

func textChanged() {
 ....
}

A: As suggested by TheRonin, use UITextFieldDelegate and implement the following method
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string


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Short Boss Muzik has released a new song titled Downtown Kingston by Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel.
Listen to Downtown Kingston by Vybz Kartel.


2004 TBP National Convention, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, Orlando , FL.
Help student leaders to know the available resources (chapter, District, national, alumni).
Provide the continuity for the "traditional" projects.
Know who the DDs are and how to contact them (website).
Be a liaison between DD and chapter.
District Director (DD) should help track status of the chapter and communicate to that info to all advisors.
DDs should (definitely) include advisors on all communications that go to the chapter officers.
Advisors should attend District and national meetings and Conventions so they know what is going on.
Chapter officers should assign advisors to committees and set advisor expectations.
Assign each advisor an area of the chapter for responsibility (budget, checkbook, membership, surveys, service projects). Can use the Chapter Growth Cycle to delegate tasks among advisors.
Advisors should participate in social events and projects to get to know the students.
Provide leadership of "last resort." If things are not on track, give a push to get on track.
Be involved in ICE groups; sit in and listen to concerns.
Help establish a requirement for involvement. Advisor should back the President and be clear up front before initiation of what will be required in the future.
Should have an advisor from each engineering discipline and/or department.
Provide a mentoring relationship for each of the chapter officers.
Chapter involvement in the advisors' areas of interests (like projects, fund-raising, etc.).
Should be a supporter of the students and their activities to administration(s) - represent views of students. Be a liaison between chapter and administration(s).
Try to have an advisor who is a (graduate) student advisor.
Advisor should be a guide to the student officers.
Have patience in developing leadership among the officers.
Trust and verify, provide positive & constructive feedback to officers.
Provide for and make sure that there are quarterly chapter meetings.
Be actively involved in the Advisory Board process and meetings. Ensure valid elections, consideration of exemplary character, etc.
Feel good about successfully accomplishing goals and objectives.
Advisor is the voice of experience and reason - the continuity.
Be aware of what should happen and when relative to your university and within the confines of the national reporting requirements.
Help promote TBP programs and projects - local and national ones - in/out of the classroom.
Be a resource of general information for the chapter.
Identify and develop future chapter leaders.
Handle the details of the officer transitions, passing of the torch.
Chief advisor should motivate other advisors - if needed. Recommend replacement of non-motivated advisors.


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package in.zapr.druid.druidry.aggregator;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONCompareMode;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class CardinalityAggregatorTest {

    private static ObjectMapper objectMapper;

    @BeforeClass
    public void init() {
        objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
    }

    @Test
    public void testAllFields() throws JsonProcessingException, JSONException {

        List<String> fields = Arrays.asList("Cardinal", "Aggregator");

        CardinalityAggregator cardinalityAggregator = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Hello")
                .fields(fields)
                .byRow(true)
                .build();

        JSONArray fieldJsonArray = new JSONArray(fields);

        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("type", "cardinality");
        jsonObject.put("name", "Hello");
        jsonObject.put("fields", fieldJsonArray);
        jsonObject.put("byRow", true);

        String actualJSON = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(cardinalityAggregator);
        String expectedJSON = jsonObject.toString();
        JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedJSON, actualJSON, JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
    }

    @Test
    public void testRequiredFields() throws JsonProcessingException, JSONException {

        List<String> fields = Arrays.asList("Cardinal", "Aggregator");

        CardinalityAggregator cardinalityAggregator = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Hello")
                .fields(fields)
                .build();

        JSONArray fieldJsonArray = new JSONArray(fields);

        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("type", "cardinality");
        jsonObject.put("name", "Hello");
        jsonObject.put("fields", fieldJsonArray);

        String actualJSON = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(cardinalityAggregator);
        String expectedJSON = jsonObject.toString();
        JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedJSON, actualJSON, JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
    public void testMissingNameField() throws JsonProcessingException, JSONException {

        List<String> fields = Arrays.asList("Cardinal", "Aggregator");

        CardinalityAggregator cardinalityAggregator = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .fields(fields)
                .byRow(true)
                .build();
    }

    @Test(expectedExceptions = NullPointerException.class)
    public void testMissingFieldsField() throws JsonProcessingException, JSONException {

        List<String> fields = Arrays.asList("Cardinal", "Aggregator");

        CardinalityAggregator cardinalityAggregator = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Haha")
                .byRow(true)
                .build();
    }

    @Test
    public void testEqualsPositive() {
        CardinalityAggregator aggregator1 = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Agg1")
                .fields(Collections.singletonList("Haha"))
                .byRow(true)
                .build();
        CardinalityAggregator aggregator2 = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Agg1")
                .fields(Collections.singletonList("Haha"))
                .byRow(true)
                .build();

        Assert.assertEquals(aggregator1, aggregator2);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEqualsNegative() {
        CardinalityAggregator aggregator1 = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Agg1")
                .fields(Collections.singletonList("Haha"))
                .byRow(true)
                .build();
        CardinalityAggregator aggregator2 = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Agg1")
                .fields(Collections.singletonList("Haha1"))
                .byRow(false)
                .build();

        Assert.assertNotEquals(aggregator1, aggregator2);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEqualsWithAnotherSubClass() {
        CardinalityAggregator aggregator1 = CardinalityAggregator.builder()
                .name("Agg1")
                .fields(Collections.singletonList("Haha"))
                .byRow(true)
                .build();
        CountAggregator aggregator2 = new CountAggregator("count");

        Assert.assertNotEquals(aggregator1, aggregator2);
    }
}


Bare-bones efficiency and wondrous luxury mate in John Mills' new paintings, which are some of the most casual mischief to have come out of Los Angeles in some time. At Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Santa Monica, "High on Signs" fills three rooms and a hallway with 20 paintings that are easy to approach and hard to tear yourself away from.
There's nothing off-putting about Mills' abstract canvases, each of which looks as if it's been around the block once or twice and cleaned up real nice. The slacker preciousness that plagues much contemporary painting is nowhere to be found. In its place is the sense that Mills' works are giddy about the possibilities of what a painting can be and startled by their own capacity to realize such possibilities.
There are not many elements to a painting by Mills. A basic white ground, some halfhearted marks (that share more with abandoned cartoons than finished pictures) and long, skinny lines (that meander this way and that) pretty much account for everything there is to look at. Likewise, Mills' colors are nothing special: Each could be found in a 12-pack of markers at any office supply store.
It's what Mills does with such mundane materials and pedestrian gestures that makes his paintings so entrancing. Everything in every one is both itself and something else, sometimes twice over.
For example, what first appear to be plain white surfaces are neither uniform nor flat. The tiny impressions left by the bristles of Mills' brushes form mismatched patterns that catch the light and animate the surfaces with jittery movement.
In some of the largest ones, which are 6½ feet square, solid planes dissolve into atmospheric expanses. Subtle colors often drift into view, like objects in the fog, unfocused memories or intuitions on their way to becoming heartfelt convictions.
From across the gallery, the lines in Mills' paintings are graceful and elegant — evidence of effortless gestures and virtuoso draftsmanship. Up close, they're the opposite: Wobbly and uncertain, each was not drawn in one fell swoop but painted, an inch or less at a time, with a tiny brush and an unsteady hand. Think of a pin-striper far past his prime and you'll have an idea of the imperfect workmanship and unflagging persistence embodied by Mills' lines. This gives them their humanity.
What's most important, however, is that Mills never insists that this intimate view is the true one — and that the view from afar is false. Both are essential.
The power of Mills' weirdly lyrical works resides in the way they compel incompatible viewpoints to get along with one another. That's not a bad model for modern life or a means for making our neighborhoods and nations just a bit more civilized.


When you support PHLF, you help us lead preservation efforts that are at the very heart of renewing this region in the 21st century. Our award-winning work results in the restoration of architecturally significant places; the creation of educational programs that foster a sense of belonging and pride; an improved quality of life for people throughout the region; and sustainable economic development.
The need for our programs and services continues to grow as more historic buildings, bridges, main streets, parks, and communities age––and because all generations want our historic buildings and neighborhoods to be vital.
Create affordable housing in communities like the Manchester Historic District. Seen here: A construction crew recently restored masonry on the back walls of two side-by-side houses, 1403 and 1405 Pennsylvania Avenue on the North Side of Pittsburgh. With the restoration of these houses—wholly subsidized by PHLF through various fundraising opportunities—we will create affordable housing in beautifully restored buildings to maintain income diversity in a rapidly growing housing market.
Create funding for the Landmarks Scholarship Award, which provides students with a $6,000 scholarship for book and tuition expenses payable directly to the recipient's college or university. PHLF has awarded scholarships to 72 high-school seniors from schools within Allegheny County since 1999. Seen here: Recipients of the 2018 Landmarks Scholarship Award gathered for a celebration at the residence of a PHLF-member in June 2018.
Continue house restoration in historic neighborhoods like Wilkinsburg where PHLF has invested more than $25 million in restoring single-family houses, apartment buildings, and created urban gardens on blighted vacant lots. Seen here: Tiffany Pete and her children in front of the PHLF-restored historic Crescent and Falconhurst Apartments buildings. The Crescent was completed in 2011 and the Falconhurst was completed in 2016.
When "urban renewal" meant the demolition of houses and architectural landmarks, the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) saved the former Allegheny Post Office building on the Central North Side. We used it as our office, converted it into the Old Post Office Museum and eventually donated it to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, which has since expanded into other buildings.
Give to PHLF—make a donation or a gift of real estate or create a Named Fund—and help us lead preservation efforts that can transform historic neighborhoods and places like the former Allegheny Post Office.
For more information about giving to PHLF, contact Karamagi Rujumba: Karamagi@phlf.org 412.471.5808, ext. 547.


To deliver true reality in the reproduction of music, an audio cable needs to display a high level of fast transient response and limitless dynamic range, without loss of minute information, and to deliver the important "feel" of the music. With world leading technology in raw conductive material and accumulated know how in cable design, as seen in ots 7N-A2070 and other products, Acrolink proudly introduces this new reference standard.
Conductive cores are made from high purity 6N copper and insulators are of high polymer polyolefin for the lowest dielectric constant factor. Being designed as 2 core balanced cable, the 2 centre cores are covered further with a newly developed sheath material which is high polymer polyolefin with amorphous metal granules mixed-in to suppress unwanted vibration, and for ideal EMI absorption.
Acrolink has also developed new connector plugs of the highest quality. There is a choice of unbalanced RCA and balanced XLR for the 6N-A2400 II. RCA plug: the main body is precision machined out of iron free phosphor bronze for the most secure contact with long life. The center pin is hollow to increase surface area and plated directly with extra thick rhodium. The carbon fiber outer case absorbs EMI disturbance and also further suppresses resonance. XLR plugs: the main body is precision machined out of solid brass to suppress contact resonance with its super heavy weight. Contacting pins and sleeves are made from phosphor bronze and rhodium plated directly.The outer cover is also machined out of solid brass.


A part of this does involve fighting, so think of the tactics you use during a video game...or if you watch movies, what you would do against the villain. For example, how you'd attack a mugger. Or, if you were ambushed, which techniques you would employ. Think strategy and which you'd prefer to use in each situation. Don't just pick an answer because it sounds cooler - think of this as a real-life situation and your results will be more accurate.
If you were being attacked head-on by one person, which would you most likely do?
I got Earthbender 50% and Firebender 24%, I knew I wouldn't get high percents for Air and Waterbenders, but the percents I got describe me perfectly.
29% Earthbender, Waterbender and Airbender, as well as 14% Firebender.
48% firebender. Lmao i knew it.
Lol, 97% Earthbender. I should've figured. I act like one. 1 % for everything else. R.I.P. There goes my chance to be an avatar.
I got a fire bender, I was hoping for it and I think it describes me to a T.
Earth baby!!! AW YEAH!!! FIGHT ME!!!
Which Avatar: the last air bender character are you?
Avatar: Which Element Are You?
What Avatar power would you have?
Which Element Would YOU Possess?


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Jada Pinkett Smith Admits to Being the Other Woman in New Interview With Will's Ex
Tatyana Jenene
RED TABLE TALK/FACEBOOK
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been "relationship" goals for most people for over 20 years. The picture-perfect couple hasn't always had it easy, as displayed on Jada's new show Red Table Talk.
The new Facebook series started off with a bang, with Mother's Day around the corner, Jada brought on her husband, Will Smith's first wife Sheree Fletcher to discuss the rocky times they had creating their blended family.
The 46-year-old actress opened up about dating the actor while he still was married to Fletcher. Flecher is the mother of Will's oldest son Trey, who was 3-years old when his parents separated. She admitted that she didn't truly understand the dynamic of their relationship or divorce, resulting in bumps in the road for her and Fletcher.
"Because I did not understand marriage, I did not understand divorce, I probably should have fell back," Pinkett Smith said Flecther. Fletcher jokingly replied, "You think?"
People reports that Pinket Smith chose Fletcher for this episode because her relationship with Fletcher and son, Trey was her introduction to motherhood.
"I thought it was important to have that conversation because she was my entry point to motherhood. I was co-mothering with her. At that particular time, before [having a blended family] was popular, before it was even an idea, we were trying to create something that we had never experienced."
She continued, "We came from broken homes. We didn't have a blueprint. We just had an idea. This is what we think we want. This is what we want to try to do for Trey."
The two chatted about boundaries, and how in hindsight they appreciate each other for being the best mother and "bonus" mother for their son.
Red Table Talk is a roundtable talk show with Pinkett Smith, her mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones, and daughter Willow Smith. The three converse on various subjects like family, love, and death every week on Facebook Watch.
Check out the full conversation below.
Jada Pinket Smith & Sheree Fletcher Talk About Motherhood on Red Table Talk
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North Vietnam, Opening of the National Assembly, July 7th, 1960, Michel Nr. 136; A single stamp with a nominal of 12 xu (the standard domestic letter rate at the time) was issued, however it was produced in two distinct print runs. The first one, which is more common, comes in the colors of olive-grey/ocre and the second printing, which is quite a bit scarcer, shows black/olive-brown. Here is the official Xunhasaba stamp bulletin that was released upon issuance of the stamps. Below the bulletin is a pair of the mint stamps. The left one is the olive-grey/ochre first printing. The right one is the black/olove-brown second printing. The different printings can also be differentiated by looking at the color covering of the selvage. In the first printing the ochre covers a fairly wide part of the selvage (left stamp) while in the second printing the olive-brown only covers a very narrow part of the selvage (right stamp) Both color variations postally used. Postally used stamps are at least ten times rarer than cancelled to order stamps.
The production of official service stamps, which showed an additional text "Su Vu" on the face of the stamps and that were supposed to be used by Government offices, was halted in 1959 and Government offices had to use regular postage stamps from then on. However, it appears that some offices had a hard time to let go of the special stamps and hence applied a manual "Su Vu" by use of a typewriter. The addition may also have been made to dissuade theft of postage stamps. Here is a sample of this un-authorized overprint on a postally use sample of the stamp. Perforation errors do occur. Here is a specimen of the first printing that is im-perforated on the left selvage. This is the same error as above but this time postally used in Hanoi. According to the Vietnamese Postage Stamp Catalogue this stamp was not produced imperforate, however a very small number of im-perforated stamps have appeared in the market. Here is one of them from the first printing: Rare single franking using a single 12xu stamp on an air mail letter in August of 1960 sent to East Germany. Another, rare single franking of the 12xu stamp on a letter sent in August of 1960 from Nam Dinh to Czechoslovakia. Machine transit cancel Hanoi on the reverse. Letters with this stamp are quite rare. Here is an unusual example that comes from the Klewitz collection. It features corner/selvage specimens of both color variations. It was mailed a full decade after the stamps were issued. The overall franking of the letter, that was sent registered and via Express Mail, was 150 xu or 1.5 Dong. Mixed currency franking of three National Assembly stamp plus two 5D Tran Dang stamps on a Xunhasaba bulletin mailing. The old 5D stamps had been devalued by 1,000:1 on March 1st, 1960 so they were only worth 1xu. The overall postage hence amounted to 37xu. International letter franked with one 1959 Free Frank (First Printing) and one National Assembly stamp (12xu) sent to Klewitz in July of 1960. While Fulda was clearly in West Germany the sender indicated that it was located in "East Germany"confusing the postal clerk in Vietnam which qualified the letter for a 12xu tariff (West Germany would have cost a base rate of 50xu). Free Franks were not valid for international mail so either the Free Frank was simply cancelled as a favor or the letter was of the second weight level and hence two 12xu stamps were required.
Another very rare registered express mail letter sent to Klewitz in October of 1977. The letter carries the remainder of the perforated stamps of the set plus an im-perforated stamp from the dragon fly set. There is also one of the National Assembly stamps. Im-perforated stamps on postally used cover are very rare. The overall postage amounted to 4.18 Dong. Fulda arrival cancel on the reverse. Fulda green customs cachet on front. Similar mixed currency franking on a registered letter sent by the Czechoslovakian Embassy to a company in Czechoslovakia. Th letter carries the 500D October Revolution stamp that had been devalued by 1,000:1 on March 1st, 1959 so was only worth 50xu at the time of mailing. Together with the other stamps (including the 12xu National Assembly stamp) the overall postage amounted to 72xu. That amounted to the correct tariff (12xu postage plus 60xu registration fee). Registration Nr. 100410
Color Variationsex KlewitzImperforated StampsMichel Nr. 136Mixed Currency FrankingOpening of National AssemblyOverprintsPerforation Errortrial proofs
North Vietnamese and Unified Vietnam Free Franks and Postage Free Mail


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An iterative C++ solution to the Tower of Hanoi puzzle using SFML to animate and display the game. The solution solves for an  unlimited amount of disks and rods. Processing time may vary depending on the ratio of disks to rods.

The objective of the game is to move the entire stack of disks to the right-most rod under these rules:
 1. Only one disk may be moved at a time
 2. A move consists of taking the upper-most disk from a stack and placing it on top of another stack
 3. No disk may be placed on top of a smaller disk

# Solution
Disks are numbered 1 to N in order from largest to smallest, and there are R rods.

### 3 rods
While continuously iterating from rod 1 to R until the end rod is full,
 1. Check the disk number on top of the rod
 2. If possible, move the disk left if it is an even number, or right if it is an odd number
 3. If the disk is moved, it cannot be moved again until different disk is moved.

The optimal number of moves is 2^N - 1.

### 4 rods and above

Assuming N > R, there will be R - 3 rods, named auxiliary rods, that store up to R - 1 disks, with each auxiliary rod storing 1 less disk than the previous. The puzzle can then be solved traditionally using the 3 rods remaining, ignoring the auxiliary rods for the time being. The disks in the auxiliary rods can then simply be transferred to the end rod.

N <= R are nearly trivial solutions.

The number of moves done in this solution is depicted below.

![formula](screenshots/formula.png)

# Keys
 - `space` to trigger a move
 - `q` to return to title screen and quit

# Dependencies
- [SFML 2.3.2] (https://www.sfml-dev.org/)

# Screenshot
![screenshot](screenshots/screenshot.png)

# License
This project is released under MIT License. Please review the [License file](LICENSE) for more details.


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The Language Politicians Use Is Damaging Politics
Politicians must begin to move away from this mould and persuade us to get behind them as people. They need to put the passion and personality back into politics.
Dan Holden
Deputy editor of Shifting Grounds.
10/09/2014 09:17am BST | Updated November 9, 2014
With 24 hour news, twitter and every word said by a politician scrutinised, the dominance of spin has left the language used by politicians sterilised. After Tony Blair was elected as leader of the Labour party, his enforcement of the party line and his emphasis on media relations were seen as the peak of the evolution of spin; something with which New Labour is now, rightly or wrongly, completely synonymous. Spin doctors made the Labour party a formidable electoral force, but what have they meant for the UK's politics as a whole?
Ahead of this year's EU Parliament elections I interviewed the Green MEP Jean Lambert; during the interview she told me that she was baffled by the insistent use by mainstream politics of phrases like 'hard working families'. She said that when the government and political parties at large say they support and believe in 'hard working families', it effectively means that they do not support people who are not in families, nor do they support people who can't work. This brand of political language is simply just stock phrases which mean very little and that serve to do no more than alienate people, both from each other and from politics as a whole. The constant churning out of phrases like 'hard work' is not a sincere political statement but rather just a hollow reiteration of rhetoric which aims to offend nobody but in fact sucks all the personality and integrity from political debate.
George Orwell, in his essay 'Politics And The English Language', described the use of ready-made political phrases like 'lay the foundations' and 'achieve a radical transformation' as something which 'anaesthetises a portion of one's brain'. There is a real danger that the constant use in politics of phraseology obsessing with hard work has rendered it meaningless and is dulling our brains to the real implications of political discussion and consequent action. It's not that politicians shouldn't seek to be on message or be media savvy, but there is a difference between effectively engaging with a group of society you want to vote for you and endlessly repeating 'safe' stock phrases that you support hard work and Britain until it becomes nothing more than white noise. Labour tried this with their laboured slogan 'Hardworking Britain Better Off', which was wildly unpopular with the party rank and file on account of being both alienating and vacuous.
When people in politics say that they 'welcome' a development, such as the recent GDP figures, they tend to use an objective tone, acting as if they have a monopoly on the truth and that what they are saying is absolute fact. Whether we agree or not that there are absolute truths in politics, the most troubling aspect of this tone of voice is arguably that politicians very rarely say 'I think'. Just look at Ed Miliband's disastrous repetition that the strikes were 'wrong' in 2011, as though it was an empirical truth. The omnipresent party line has seemingly removed politician's abilities to state their own opinions and persuade the public to their way of thinking, which after all, is pretty much the point of political communication.
One of the many reasons that Tony Benn is regarded as the late great Tony Benn is that when he spoke he spoke with passion and feeling. Other politicians who benefit from breaking this are (depressingly) Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. The response to the way these politicians use language is far more emotional and personal, both in a positive and negative way, but nonetheless they provoke reactions far more than the rest of the trained, bland political class, not in the least because that are happy to say 'I think' and to hold responsibility for their views, which clearly proves more engaging to the general public. When these 'character' politicians talk they invite us to agree or disagree with their perspective. As a result we feel we know them more and can empathise with them as people, in turn allowing us to engage with what they are saying. They are also frankly more interesting to listen to.
This is not to say that boredom and insincerity are the greatest threats of political language; of course saying that we will be flooded with immigrants is dangerous, as is the blunt and patronising grouping of people that Grant Shapps has indulged in. However, if we are not careful and if we don't do something about it, the language of our politics will be reduced to static and will irreparably damage our democracy. There is something about a lot of the language of modern politics that has had the humanity sterilised out of it, leaving us with soundbites that are vacuous and sycophantic. Politicians must begin to move away from this mould and persuade us to get behind them as people. They need to put the passion and personality back into politics.
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The veterinary skin care products market has witnessed a significant surge over the last few decades due to the increasing awareness regarding veterinary care. Increasing urbanization and the rising number of pet animals are expected to contribute to the growth of the veterinary skin care products market. The rising prevalence of atopic dermatitis among animals is also driving the veterinary skin care products market. Increasing awareness regarding veterinary skin disorders, treatment options and various government initiatives to increase farm animal production is further expected to drive the demand for veterinary skin care products. The awareness regarding veterinary skin care products is relatively low in developing countries, but this scenario is gradually changing. The increasing population of companion animals and willingness to pay for their healthcare further drives the veterinary skin care products market. Very often, skin problems are a key reason for the low productivity of farm animals and the changing pattern of skin care is expected to drive the veterinary skin care products market. The manufacturing of innovative products and mergers and acquisitions by various companies also contribute to the market growth. On the other hand, the comparatively low awareness in developing countries and non-availability of veterinary medical professionals in distant locations, coupled with the low adoption of new veterinary care methods, can hamper the veterinary skin care products market growth.
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The global veterinary skin care products market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period, owing to the growing awareness about available skin treatment options, coupled with the growing prevalence of skin problems such as atopic dermatitis. Various government initiatives aimed at assisting farm animals for better productivity are contributing to the growing use of veterinary skin care products. By product type, ointments and creams segments are expected to dominate the veterinary skin care products market, due to their ease of use. By drug class, the antibiotics segment is expected to dominate the veterinary skin care products market. By species type, the companion animal segment, which comprises dogs and cats, is expected to significantly contribute to the market growth, owing to the higher adoption of veterinary skin care products. Based on distribution channel, veterinary clinics is expected to be the most lucrative segment in the veterinary skin care products market. The veterinary skin care products industry is largely driven by mergers and acquisitions for better product lines.
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