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TOP 5 THINGS TO DO IN TORONTO
Gregory Dolgos - Nov 23, 2021
Toronto, the capital of the Canadian province of Ontario, is the largest city in Canada and a must-visit for anyone travelling to the country. Amongst the attractions are the iconic CN tower, the Humber Bay Arch Bridge and the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto also makes an excellent base from which to explore the nearby Niagara Falls. As well as cultural sites to see by day Toronto also offers thrilling nightlife including clubs, bars and casinos.
For anyone planning a trip to Toronto, here are five things that we think should be top of your list of things to do whilst you are there.
Visit Niagra Falls
The drive from Toronto to Niagara Falls takes about 1 and a ½ hours around Lake Ontario to the town that sits equidistant between there and Lake Eerie. If you are visiting Toronto you would be insane to miss out on a trip to what is widely regarded as the seventh Wonder of the World. You can hire a car and drive yourself there or pay to be onboard one of the many bus trips that depart from the centre of Toronto most days of the year. Entrance to Niagara Falls State Park is free but for a close up view from the River, you can pay to take a cruise. Unmissable!
The CN (or Canadian National) Tower, completed in 1976, sits in downtown Toronto and was the world's tallest free-standing building until 2007 when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Of course, that takes nothing aware from the awe-inspiring views that can be enjoyed from the top. Indeed, more than two million visitors enjoy this iconic building each year. Since 2011 it has been possible to partake of a 'hands free' Edge Walk around the circumference of the top of the tower for those who dare. You will of course be tethered to an over rail system. The cost is $195.
All big cities must have at least one landmark museum, and this is Tornoto's. The Royal Ontario Museum is an incredible mix of art, culture and natural history and the largest in Canada with over 1 million visitors per year. Here you can take in dinosaur fossils, meteorites, and cultural artefacts from across every continent in the world. Highlights of the century-old museum include a virtual Bat Cave, rocks from space-aged over 4.5 billion years, and a touchable shark's jaw! Tickets can be purchased online at a cost of $14 for children and up to $23 for adults.
Toronto Zoo is another popular attraction for visitors to the city, open every day of the year except for Christmas Day and spread over just under 300 hectares. It is the largest Zoo in Canada and includes highlights like the Great Barrier Reef exhibit including sharks, Stingray Bay where visitors can touch live stingrays, an African Savannah feature with white lions, cheetahs and rhinos, and an Australasia Pavilion with wombats, kangaroos and wallabies.
Entry is $18.30 for children and $27.99 for adults.
As well as its cultural highlights and incredible sights, Toronto is also the capital for nightlife in Canada. It is stacked with bars and clubs that get packed out throughout the year. Clubs like Bambis with electronic music and The Piston with its retro tunes from the 60s through to the 90s are always full. There are also some good 24/7 casino spots for those who like to gamble on table games, slots or multi-player Texas Hold Em tables. Canada's gambling industry is going through something of a resurgence thanks to moves towards better regulation in 2022 and alongside the many new Canadian casinos online, new high street bookmakers and casinos are likely to open up in the coming months too. Right now, The Casino Woodbine is the best in Toronto, located at the Woodbine Racetrack in the Etobicoke district. The floor with more than 200 video slots is open 24/7 and three luxury VIP private rooms can be booked in advance for table games like Blackjack and Poker.


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Consolidation in the US airline and global telecom industries has kept merger activity going in the past few months. The proposed merger of United Airlines, based in Chicago, with Houston-based Continental Airlines, if approved by regulators, would create the world's largest airline. At the same time, a multitude of mergers in the telecom sector and the introduction of fourth-generation (4G) wireless technology are changing the dynamics of that industry, as market consolidation accelerates.
The telecom sector has surpassed financial services as the most active area for M&A; so far this year, according to Dealogic. The financial services industry has held the lead for the past four years.
Falling revenue and growing convergence between mobile telephony, Internet and fixed networks are driving the consolidation of the telecom industry, according to Uwe Neumann, equity analyst at Credit Suisse, based in Zurich. In a report released early this year, Neumann forecast that telecom mergers in 2010 could surpass the record €500 billion ($620 billion) record set in 1999.
"In light of the growing demand and use of smartphones, mobile Internet provides an attractive growth area, but successfully developing this new segment will first of all require investment," he says. "The growing flood of data in mobile telephony networks requires capacity increases—and these are costly."
The second-strongest factor behind M&A; activity in the sector has been the growth in emerging markets, which is continuing at an above-average rate, Neumann says. In addition, telecom firms currently have a relatively low level of debt and are obtaining favorable terms to borrow, he says.
Meanwhile, Germany auctioned new 4G mobile frequencies in May, raising $5.3 billion for the country's treasury. Deutsche Telekom and two UK-based companies, Vodafone and O2, won the most sought-after frequencies, which are useful for supplying rural or remote areas with wireless signals and Internet service.
The incentives for businesses to continue consolidating are considerable, Neumann says. "In our view they are greatest in the case of the two big markets: the US and Germany," he says. In the US, a price war is raging on the mobile phone market, which could drive the weakest operators closer together, he says. In Germany, the 4G network expansion might seem too expensive for the smaller telecoms, he says, which could make mergers more likely.
In January, Mexican wireless service provider América Móvil acquired domestic rival Carso Global for $24.3 billion. It also bought a 40% interest in Mexican fixed-line operator Telmex Internacional for $6.6 billion. Meanwhile, Telefónica, based in Spain, is seeking to purchase the 50% stake that it does not already own in Brasilcel from its joint venture partner, Portugal Telecom. Brasilcel owns 60% of Vivo, Brazil's leading mobile-phone company. Telefónica hopes to merge Vivo with its Brazil-based fixed-line operator, Telesp.
Russia's largest long-distance telephone service provider, Rostelecom, plans to merge with seven state-run regional telecoms to boost efficiency and realize cost synergies. Meanwhile, AT&T; and Etisalat, based in Dubai, are seeking a stake in Reliance Communications, based in India, one of the world's fastest-growing telecom markets. Bharti Airtel, the leading telecom in India, recently completed its acquisition of 15 African subsidiaries from Kuwait-based Zain for $9 billion.
In the largest telecom merger in the US so far this year, Qwest and Century-Link announced a merger agreement in April that is valued at $22.4 billion, including the assumption of $11.8 billion of Qwest debt. Last year CenturyTel became CenturyLink following its $11.6 billion merger with Kansas-based Embarq.
Although many more mergers in the telecom industry are likely, analysts forecast no other big airline merger in the US unless the price of fuel rises sharply.


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Data backup vs. data archiving: Is data backup closing the gap?
The data backup and recovery community advocate that backups are not archives, but are backups closing that gap? Learn about their similarities and differences in this tip.
Ron Scruggs
The backup vs. archive debate has been raging for a long time, and for years, the data backup and recovery community has advocated that "backup is not archive." However, with recent moves by vendors to integrate more and more functionality into their backup software, there is a question whether this is still true or not. Some examples of this include data deduplication (or single-instance storage) and data lifecycle management with tiering of storage. Is backup catching up with archive functionality, or are the two so fundamentally different that there will always be a void that backup will never be able to bridge?
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What's the difference between data backup and data archiving?
There are several key differences between data backup and data archiving. To begin with, data backups usually copy data to a sequential access recovery medium while data archiving moves data to a lower tier random access medium while possibly leaving a stub behind. In addition, backups typically retain multiple copies of the data being protected while archives retain a single copy of the data being stored either through data deduplication or content-addressable storage (CAS) technologies. Another major difference is that data archiving provides indexing and search capabilities within files whereas data backups offer at most a keyword search based on policy or backup image. And finally, data backups are generally designed for short-term storage for recovery purposes as opposed to data archives which are designed for long-term storage for regulatory and legal compliance.
Most data archiving platforms support data deduplication, whether the dedupe is through single-instance storage of email attachments, file-level deduplication, block-level deduplication or content-addressable storage algorithms. Until recently, the only way to achieve this with data backup was to use a third party in-stream appliance to dedupe the data on its way to the final storage media. Now, CommVault Systems Inc., EMC Corp., IBM Corp. and Symantec Corp. all offer software-based content-aware data deduplication products for the data backup streams. This feature clearly removes the argument that data backup does not have single-instance storage.
Another advance on the backup front is the implementation of data lifecycle management. As opposed to simple backup image expiration based on dates and a two-tiered storage approach based on utilization, most data backup software now supports a multi-tiered storage approach that can be determined by service-level agreements (SLAs), recovery time objectives (RTOs) or recovery point objectives (RPOs) based on business requirements. The basic concept is that critical applications have their backups stored on disk and less critical applications have their data stored on some type of sequential media. The backup software now incorporates migration between tiers based on age of data so that a continuous waterfall of data from most expensive and fastest recovery to the least expensive and slowest recovery. However, the entire backup image is migrated or expired through the lifecycle, so the granularity is not comparable to archives (which manage lifecycles at the file level).
There are a few compelling data archive features that will most likely never be implemented in the data backup environment, simply because their purpose is counter to the basic design of a good backup system. One feature is the ability to search and index within files. Because the granularity of backup indices stops at the file level, the backup system will never have a need to index based on the contents of a file. However, when performing e-discovery or regulatory searches of business data, full text search capabilities can be the difference between finding or not finding requested data.
The argument could be made that products such as CommVault's Simpana, IBM's Content Manager and Symantec's Enterprise Vault, extend searchable features to the data backup tier. While this would be correct, these products are archive products that tightly integrate with the vendor's corresponding data backup software as a backing store; they are not features of the data backup product itself. In other words, to use the searchable feature of these products the data must be owned by the archive tier and not the backup tier. Another feature of data archiving is random accessibility. All archives are implemented on some form of disk with some form of file system layout. This allows the archive to perform at near-disk speeds.
All data backup systems, by comparison, are implemented on some form of sequential access data archive (usually tar or cpio) regardless of the medium on which they are stored (disk, optical or tape). This means that the backup has to read from the beginning of the archive to the point where the data that is being requested starts, no matter how big or small. The backup system is designed to provide fast write of the data archive in its entirety during the backup and a fast read of the data in its entirety during restore; it is not designed to provide fast pinpoint access in the case of a single file edit, tagging, or search. These two fundamental features of data archiving: search capabilities and random access, will most likely maintain the distance between data archive and data backups no matter how much additional functionality the vendors choose to pack into the backup software.
While data backup has come a long way and has adopted several key features of a good data archive, they are still not the same. The odds are that backup and archive will continue to evolve hand-in-hand, but never completely merge as their features and functionality remain compliments of each other, not replacements of each other.
About this author: Ron Scruggs has more than 17 years experience as a senior level engineer and consultant in storage, backup and server management. He has been an integral part of enterprise level storage, backup and recovery deployments for the past 10 years in multiple industries including government, financial, medical and IT service providers. Ron is currently serving as a senior consultant for GlassHouse Technologies in Framingham, MA, and is providing data protection architecture services in the Boston area.
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by Roger Nellist
LNG project land acquisition
The government has acted to address the two big hurdles delaying development of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant – namely, complex land acquisition procedures and the unclear legal framework (see TA 111).
On the first, government announced in May that it had set aside TSh 12 billion (about US$ 6 million) to buy land and compensate 450 people in Lindi where the LNG terminal is to be built. The plant, which will process the large volumes of gas discovered in recent years offshore southern Tanzania, may cost the developers US$ 30 billion and is unlikely to start operating until the early 2020s.
The development consortium comprises the licensees that discovered the gas (BG Group, Statoil, Exxon Mobil and Ophir Energy). Reuters reported the consortium will make a final investment decision next year.
So far, more than 53 trillion cubic feet of gas has been discovered and analysts believe that Tanzania (along with Mozambique) is now in a race with Russia, Australia, the USA and Canada to satisfy the gap in global gas supply expected by around 2020. Reuters also reported that Royal Dutch Shell agreed in April to buy the BG Group for US$ 70 billion in the first large oil industry merger in more than a decade, thereby giving the Anglo-Dutch oil giant access to BG's Tanzanian projects.
Petroleum Bills passed amid controversy
Amid much controversy the government has also addressed the second big hurdle, ensuring in early July in the last session of Parliament the passage of three petroleum sector Bills: Petroleum Act 2015, Oil and Gas Revenue Management Act 2015, and Tanzania Extractive Industries (Transparency and Accountability) Act 2015.
These Acts were tabled, debated and passed under fast-track process known as a certificate of urgency, and in the absence of most Opposition MPs who, along with a group of about 60 Civil Society Organisations, pointed to alleged weaknesses in their content and flaws in the Parliamentary process and called for the Bills to be shelved pending further stakeholder discussions.
According to The Citizen (6 July), there was continuous uproar in the National Assembly for three consecutive days as Opposition lawmakers repeatedly tried to block Energy and Minerals Minister George Simbachawene from tabling the Bills following the government's insistence that MPs should debate them. The Speaker suspended the first session and then barred more than 40 Opposition MPs from attending – a ban the Opposition contended was a deliberate move to ensure the "controversial" Bills were passed without any meaningful debate.
Minister Simbachawene said the Bills were sent to the House under a certificate of urgency because of their importance to the nation. The new laws were needed so government could negotiate good exploration and gas development contracts with investors. "We want this Parliament to debate the laws because they have been trained well enough on oil and gas issues … we even took them for learning tours to various countries such as Norway, China and Trinidad and Tobago". He said deferring the Bills to the November Parliament would cause further costly delays to Tanzania and fresh training would be required for the new legislators; moreover, preparations for the three Bills had started in 2010 and stakeholders were involved and their views considered at several stages.
Among other things, the Petroleum Act 2015 establishes a Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority and an Oil and Gas Advisory Bureau (to advise the Cabinet on strategic matters). The Act also transforms the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation into the National Oil Company, with the mandate to manage the country's commercial interest in petroleum operations as well as downstream natural gas activities.
It seeks to ensure that the gas industry benefits all Tanzanians including through the sourcing of Tanzanian goods and services, the training and employment of Tanzanians, and technology transfer. It repeals the previous petroleum laws, including the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act 1980 under which all exploration and development contracts and operations have been conducted for more than three decades but which did not fully address gas issues.
Wind speed and energy data for Tanzania (ESMAP)
Tanzania's plans for generating electricity from renewable energy resources should complement the country's existing commercial energy supplies of hydropower and gas. In May, TANESCO announced preliminary results from the World Bank's renewable energy resource mapping project, using global datasets and satellite analysis, indicating that Tanzania has immense solar and wind potential. The country's resources suitable for solar power generation are considered to be equivalent to those of Spain whilst Tanzania's potential for high wind power covers more than 10% of the country (an area the size of Malawi). One key finding is that certain areas of Tanzania with high solar irradiation also have high wind speeds at night, raising the possibility of round-the-clock power generation.
These initial findings will be validated over the next two years by placing 30 ground-based solar and wind measuring stations around the country, as part of a long-term partnership between the World Bank and TANESCO to modernize Tanzania's power sector.
Africa Progress Panel report
A report (Seizing Africa's Energy and Climate Opportunities 2015) by Kofi Annan's Africa Progress Panel says 621 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. Energy bottlenecks and power shortages cost the region two to four per cent of GDP annually. Yet, driven by economic growth, demographic change and urbanisation, African energy demand is surging – widening further the energy gap between Africa and the rest of the world. Annan's report says it would take the average Tanzanian eight years to use as much electricity as an average American consumes in a month!
Mining: Coal and Iron Ore
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Dr Kigoda, announced to Parliament in May the start of development of two related mega industrial-mineral projects – the Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore projects in Iringa. They will establish an iron industry with an annual production capacity of one million tonnes (making Tanzania the third largest iron producer in Africa). Mchuchuma mine has more than 500 million tons of coal deposits, enough to produce 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity for more than a century. The coal-fired electricity plant will generate 250 MW for the iron industry and 350MW for the national grid.
Minister Kigoda said the two projects will create 32,000 jobs and generate about Tshs 3.13 trillion (US$1.5 billion) annually. They will be the largest single industrial investment in Tanzania since Independence.
The projects are being implemented by Tanzania China International Mineral Resources Ltd, a joint venture between Tanzania's NDC (20%) and a Chinese firm (80%). According to Press reports these mega projects will cost up to US$3 billion to develop.


CAPE MAY, N.J. – The commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May delivered the annual State of the Training Center Address in front of service members and employees here Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Capt. Bill Kelly spoke to an audience of more than 300 military, civilian and Auxiliary personnel highlighting the significant accomplishments of the training center staff in 2011 and the challenges they face in 2012.
Kelly highlighted the completion of the $3.7 million gym renovation project, the $9 million beach replenishment effort, the renovation efforts to Etheridge Hall and the $2.5 million rehabilitation effort to Pier 3 aboard the facility. These construction projects are aimed at improving the quality of life and the mission readiness of the unit.
"The service has limited resources, and it must invest them wisely in a location where the Coast Guard can be confident it will be spent appropriately for projects that will ensure we maintain our shore infrastructure," said Kelly during his address.
The commanding officer also pointed to the graduation of 3,271 new recruits, 22 company commanders and 82 new recruiters as a measurement of success as well. These men and women will be charged with conducting the frontline missions of the Coast Guard, training the next generation of Coast Guardsmen and recruiting the most qualified applicants possible for the Coast Guard.
In his address, Kelly also pointed out several challenges that face the training center in 2012 including preparations for a full-scale active shooter exercise in May, continued reinvestment and improvements in Coast Guard housing, and the implementation of a second Learning Resource Center for recruits. These are just a few of the challenges Kelly outlined in his address.
Kelly also recognized Training Center Cape May's award recipients during the address including Training Center Cape May's Enlisted Person of the Year for 2011, Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Chase, 26, from Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Mrs. Kim Tangree was recognized as Training Center Cape May's Civilian of the Year for 2011, and Mrs. Judy Dempsey was recognized as Training Center Cape May's Auxiliarist of the Year for 2011.
Training Center Cape May is the birthplace of the Coast Guard's enlisted corps as the service's single accession point for enlisted personnel. New recruits undergo an intensive, eight-week basic training program to prepare them for the rigors of service in the Coast Guard. The training Center is also home to 14 tenant commands providing critical logistical and support services.


The Deloraine Hotel was built in 1848 and is situated in the historic town of Deloraine,on the beautiful Meander River. The Deloraine Hotel is a favourite with locals and visitors alike. Next time you're heading to Cradle Mountain, the Lakes or the North West Coast plan to stop in for lunch or dinner and enjoy the warm friendly hospitality that a historic country town has to offer. Open 7 days a week. Our Accommodation facilities have just had an upgrade, giving the Hotel a great new lease of life, ideal for singles, couples and families.
Double Bed with One single bed. Shared bathroom. Wifi. TV. Heating.
Your credit card will be charged the full value at check-in.
No booking fees or credit card charges apply to your booking, and there is no charge for changes to your booking (cancellation charges may apply).
Please note check-in time is from 2.00pm.
If cancelled less than 48 hours prior to 6pm on your day of arrival the first night's accommodation will be forfeited. If the booking is for more than one night, a full refund less the value of the first night's accommodation will be made. Refunds can only be made to the credit card used to make the booking.
Alternatively, we will apply your payment to a stay at any agreed time in the following 12 months.


I gave this a 1 star, if I could have given ZERO I would have. Gorgeous location that was dead as a doornail and no wonder considering it was poorly maintained and had horrible management. I booked this place because it had pretty creeks on site and we wanted to have a fishing activity but after check in we discovered you can't fish onsite which is the stupidest thing and negates the one draw of the place. The owner nickel and dimes everyone to death, they want all of their money up front and have a zero refund policy. We paid an outrageous nightly fee of $55, no weekly discount, another "conservation" fee on top of that and NOT family friendly. Only allowed two children per site otherwise more charges, and although we only had one child we were charged $10 a day EXTRA because he was a high schooler over 15 and she considered him an adult who needed to pay a daily fee. What a bunch of BS! The bathrooms had no heat and half the light bulbs were out then halfway through a shower the rest of the lights go out because they are on a timer. Two days into our trip the showers and toilets were completely shut down (and never repaired), and the laundry facilities were never functioning; they were broken, rusted out and the most disgusting I have ever seen, after opening the door I would not even step into the room. The men's bathroom had a literal one inch layer of mold in the soap dispenser bag. The bunkhouse for hikers had doors falling off and the insides were in shambles and overrun with critters. We talked to an older couple who had just checked into a cabin for two nights. The cabin was so dirty the wife had to clean everything before they unpacked and would not touch the tub. They were going to forfeit their money and leave. A tent camper (who is charged almost the same as an RV) came in late, no one at the office, poorly marked lots so they were wandering around in the dark and then they discovered the bathhouse was shut down and they couldn't even use the toilets. We camped at Enota Mountain Retreat in a Travel Trailer.
The campgrounds lay beautifully with shade and a stocked trout stream that you can fish. The sites are not cramped and the staff and camp workers are helpful and happy with many returning year-after-year. It is in a quiet location sitting right outside the entrance to the Great Smokey National Park. There is lots to do and see in Cherokee and nearby Bryson City, and it's easily drivable to Asheville. The only downside is that the showers are so cramped you can hardly turn around and the lighting is extremely poor. We camped at River Valley Campground in a Tent Trailer.


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Santa Fe County Commission eases guidelines for recreational cannabis growers | Local News
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The Santa Fe County Commission on Friday unanimously approved a set of guidelines meant to ease barriers for small recreational cannabis cultivators.
During a four-hour special meeting, commissioners ditched a requirement that outdoor grow operations only be on land zoned for dairy farms.
Instead, they decided to allow conditional use permits for outdoor grow sites in "traditional communities" or smaller, historic communities that use local waterways to support small, family farms.
The ordinance allows outdoor cannabis producers or microbusinesses to obtain permits on all agriculture/ranching and rural zoning districts, with conditional use in all rural fringe, rural residential, residential fringe and traditional community zoning districts. Indoor production will still be treated the same as commercial greenhouses.
The rules only apply to county land, not land within city limits.
As originally drafted, the ordinance would have permitted outdoor grows on any land that could be used for dairy farms as a way to mitigate odor. It did not make provisions for "traditional communities." Without the amendment, smaller microgrowers in those communities could only grow in a greenhouse.
Commissioner Anna Hansen said she was concerned the language of the draft ordinance created unnecessary roadblocks for microbusinesses and went against the spirit of the state statute.
"I have lived in New Mexico for 50 years just about," Hansen said. "Many people have grown marijuana in their yards, outside, and it's been perfectly fine. So I think that by putting a heavier burden on the small microgrower by making them only able to grow indoors is also creating another burden that I believe the Legislature did not intend."
Earlier this year, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Cannabis Regulation Act into law, legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and over, creating a commercial market for legal production and sales, and allowing for personal use production of up to six plants per adult.
The legislation doesn't allow local governments to ban cannabis, but it does allow a level of local control, including limits on density and hours of operation.
Recreational cannabis sales will start April 1, but the state will start accepting cannabis licenses Sept. 1, causing local governments to scramble to approve a set of guidelines.
Among other rules regarding cannabis:
Consumption areas and cannabis retailers will treated the same as bars and alcohol establishments, including hours of business. Cannabis products can be served from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m., while cannabis retailers can be open from 7 a.m. to midnight.
Cannabis businesses must be 300 feet from a school or day care, the maximum distance under the Cannabis Regulation Act.
Cannabis businesses must be at least 200 feet apart from one another.
Consumption areas must be indoors in a separate building.
Much of the debate Friday centered on whether conditional use permits created more issues for smaller growers.
Hansen said a conditional use permit, which requires a series of public hearings and input, was a heavy lift for smaller farmers.
"I don't want to make it more difficult for these small microgrowers," Hansen said. "It seems like we have just made it much easier for the big guys, and for the small guys we have made it more difficult with the conditional use."
Commissioner Henry Roybal, speaking via Zoom, said he would be OK with allowing for permitted use as opposed to conditional permitting, but other commissioners raised questions over whether permitted use gave residents in what are called community district overlays time to weigh in.
The county's zoning matrix includes 13 community district overlays, which have the option to further augment zoning uses to best fit their communities. Those communities work with the county to make the changes, but there were concerns about how long that process might take.
Penny Ellis-Green, director of the county's Growth Management Department, said staff was working on a "streamlined" process to amend community overlay districts. But Commissioner Rudy Garcia said he was concerned that there wasn't a more concrete idea of what that process might look like before voting in favor of the ordinance.
After the meeting, he indicated he would meet with staff to discuss the process.
The ordinance also included language ensuring each community district overlay could enact different regulations after the ordinance was approved.
Commissioner Hank Hughes said the commission was trying to strike a balance between allowing enough leeway for small businesses, while also giving local communities the opportunity to weigh in.
"I am really hoping we can do an expedited process for those traditional communities that want it there," Hughes said.
Commissioners said the ordinance was a work in progress and would be subject to more vetting.
"This is a challenging issue that we are struggling with," Hansen said shortly after voting. "We want to make it the best that we can make it. … I think I have expressed how much I support the small business in the community and how important [that] is to me."
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First off, Happy New Year! 2012 was a GREAT year and I'm even more excited about 2013!
Second, my little blogging break was wonderful! It was so nice to relax, hang out with family, and not have to focus on blogging things. Plus we had a freak mini snowstorm here on Christmas morning, so we ended up with a white Christmas, and it was gorgeous!
Before we get too far into the new year, I want to take a little look into the past year here at Practically Functional. Just in case you haven't been following along since I started the blog back in February (so…everyone but my parents!), here's a quick year-in-review of the 6 most popular posts in 2012, and 6 of my favorite posts from 2012.
Are your favorite projects in this list? Which ones do you think should have made the cut? I had a hard time choosing favorites; I love so many of the projects I did this past year!
« Happy Christmas To All!
Thanks so much for sharing your best projects of 2012 at the Twirl & Take a Bow party! Great ideas and projects! Have a great week.
Love that snow too. I feel so cold.
White Christmases are the best. 🙂 I love and remember all your top posts. Love reading your blog. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!!
Love seeing everyone's top posts. Yours look fantastic, can't wait to read more!
Thanks so much for linking up at Artsy Corner! Always love seeing what you come up with.


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i-view chose Leeds as the first UK city outside London to launch its new Northern viewing facility. Viewing studios are used by market researchers to discreetly observe focus groups and potential consumers through a one-way mirror. Viewing studios are also sometimes used by recruiters.
The more comfortable someone feels in their environment during a focus group or in-depth interview, the better responses they give, and this leads to more accurate research results. Hence the importance that i-view gives to the perfect interior design.
The studios had to be in a central, easy to reach location. The interiors were to be light, spacious and contemporary, yet relaxed and engaging for clients or delegates. The latest high tech, digital equipment was to be installed but discreetly so it didn't distract.
Ben Johnson Interiors accompanied i-view to potential workspaces throughout Leeds and offered advice on which they believed would work best. Platform, next to Leeds train station was chosen because of its easy transport links and central location.
Ben Johnson Interiors have produced a light, welcoming, creative space. We used comfortable, stylish furniture, with vibrant brand colours against a white and grey background. The completed interior is attractive, comfortable and modern. It is equipped with all the latest digital tech for UX testing, dial testing, eye-tracking, digital observation, emotional testing and neuromarketing; all of which is hidden from view.
Two of the participant rooms are back-to-back with a folding wall between them. This room can provide one large viewing area but can also be booked as a conferencing, seminar or training space.
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2014 World Cup wallchart featuring Rene Higuita and Jorge Campos Next up, taking pride of place on my wallchart, are a couple of the 1990's craziest keepers.
On the left is René Higuita, Columbia's 'Sweeper keeper'. Higuita was famous for scoring free kicks, his habit of leaving his goal to dribble the ball up the pitch and also his trademark Scorpion kick . Here is 'El Loco' in probably his most infamous World Cup moment back in 1990.
Next to him is Jorge Campos who played between the sticks for Mexico in the 1994 World Cup in USA. Flamboyant Campos was also partial to a stroll up the pitch but is probably better known for his (self-designed) headache-inducing kits.
Click here to purchase one of my 2014 World Cup wall charts.


Small dimensions, a flexible installation design, simple integration and low power consumption are all essential features of the TC35i radio module. Developed primarily for high-volume M2M applications, the TC35i is employed in the areas of measurement and remote maintenance, transportation and logistics, traffic systems, gateways and access, vending machines, security, health care and building technology.
The link between the TC35i radio module and your application is created via a ZIF connector and a GSC aerial socket. R&TTE, GCF and network operator approvals have been obtained, making it simpler for you to obtain approvals for your own applications.
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Varicose veins are swollen veins that you can see through your skin. They often look blue, bulging, and twisted. Varicose veins can appear anywhere on the body but typically are found on the legs. Spider veins are a milder type of varicose veins and generally resemble a spider's web. Left untreated, varicose veins may worsen over time.
The symptoms of varicose veins may resemble other conditions so it is important to consult a physician for a proper diagnosis. You may notice small clusters of veins in a winding pattern on your leg, or soft, slightly tender knots of veins. Severe varicose veins may result in more serious skin problems. Sometimes, the skin on your legs may become irritated, or even form sores.
Sclerotherapy - is the most common treatment for both varicose and spider veins. This is a procedure involving a special solution injection into the varicose veins that causes them to harden from the inside out so that they no longer fill with blood. Your body will eventually absorb the veins that received the injection.
Ablation - uses a thin, flexible tube called a catheter inserted into a varicose vein. Tiny electrodes at the tip of the catheter heat the walls of your varicose vein and destroy the vein tissue. As with chemical sclerotherapy, your vein is then no longer able to carry blood, breaks up naturally, and is absorbed by your body.
Laser treatment - is another way to treat varicose veins. Your physician inserts a tiny fibre into a varicose vein through a catheter. The fibre sends out laser energy that kills the diseased portion of your varicose vein. The vein closes and your body eventually absorbs it.
Vein Stripping- to perform this procedure, your physician disconnects and ties off all varicose veins associated with the saphenous vein, the main superficial vein in your leg. Your physician then removes this vein from your leg. A procedure, called small incision avulsion, can be done alone or together with vein stripping. Small incision avulsion allows your physician to remove varicose veins from your leg using hooks passed through small incisions. In a similar procedure called TIPP, your physician shines an intense light on your leg to show your veins. Once your physician locates a varicose vein, he or she passes a suction device through a tiny incision and suctions out the vein. Although these procedures sound painful, they cause relatively little pain.
Non-surgical methods for treating varicose veins include elevation of the legs and/or compression stockings.


If you're kefirising in order to get on top of a skin condition or autoimmune disorder, we recommend eating "good grains" to help support the action of the kefir inside your system.
Let's start by examining what's NOT a good grain. In a word – wheat.
Wheat contains gluten. Gluten is a nasty allergen that will trigger your skin condition and IBS.
Wheat is high-GI, which means that it is burned into sugar very rapidly inside your system.
Everything your body eats is turned into sugar, or glucose. The question is how fast this happens.
Think of your body as a fireplace, and your food as fuel. High-GI (Glycemic Index) foods are converted to sugar very quickly inside your system, like burning newspaper in a fireplace.When you burn paper it flares rapidly, then disappears. This is exactly what happens when you eat high-GI foods like bread, pasta, rice and white potatoes. Your system releases a huge wave of insulin to deal with the sudden wave of sugar, and this insulin wave damages your microbiome.
Over time, this continual peak-and-drop of insulin will give you type 2 diabetes, as your insulin system gets exhausted.
So to protect those hard-working bugs inside your system, that you're boosting with your daily dose of kefir, you want to eat foods that are low-GI. Low-GI foods burn slowly inside your system – like burning solid wood in your fireplace, instead of loads of paper. This slow-burning food releases a constant trickle of sugar, which keeps your microbiome ticking along nicely without damaging it.
This means that bread and pasta made with wheat, (as well as rice and white potatoes, because they're also high-GI) are off the menu while you kefirise and get your issues under control.
The problem is that here in the west, we are absolutely addicted to wheat, and we put it into everything!
Other cultures around the world do a better job than we do on this count. They tend to consume more different kinds of grains. The Russians eat buckwheat for breakfast, and call it kasha. (Despite it's name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, and is a great example of a good grain – low-GI and gluten-free.) The Japanese make their soba noodles out of buckwheat. Amaranth is consumed regularly in Africa, Indonesia, China and India – but few of us in the UK have even heard of it!
So we've taken one grain, wheat – that's not very good for us – and used it exclusively in almost everything we eat. We're going to have to push those grain boundaries out a bit, and adopt some better grain choices from our neighbours around the world.
What are these good grains?
This is the old classic, but it's as good as food gets. Low-GI and gluten-free, as well as being anti-inflammatory. A bowl of porridge in the morning in the perfect breakfast, especially if you add a spoonful of coconut oil, a handful of blueberries. Oatmeal itself is gluten-free. If you're coeliac, it's worth dishing out the extra money for gluten-free oatmeal, but all this means is that it's been grown in an exclusion zone where no bird can drop a seed of anything other than oatmeal, thus avoiding gluten contamination.
Despite it's name, this gluten-free, low-GI beauty is not related to wheat! While most people think of buckwheat as a whole grain, it's actually a seed that is high in both protein and fibre. It supports heart and heart health and can help prevent diabetes and digestive disorders. In fact, buckwheat seeds, also called "groats," are so packed with nutrients and antioxidants that they are often called "superfoods."Commonly eaten as roasted buckwheat groats, you can go with sweet or savoury toppings to this nutty-tasting grain. To cook dried buckwheat groats, rinse them well and then combine with water on the stovetop in a 2:1 ratio, so two cups of water for every one cup of buckwheat. Simmer them on low for about 20 minutes, checking to see when they are plump and their texture is what you're looking for. If they aren't absorbing all the water and appear to become mushy, try straining some of the water out (some people prefer to use only 1.5 cups of water to one cup of buckwheat to prevent this from happening).
Amaranth is a native crop in Peru, and it's grown in Africa, India, China, Russia, South America and North America. The grain is gaining popularity today because of its startling health benefits. It's a great source of protein, reduces inflammation, improves bone health, lowers cholesterol, fights diabetes, aids digestive health and promotes weight loss. When cooking amaranth grain, use the ratio of 1 1/2 cups water to 1/2 cup amaranth. Heat the mixture in a small saucepan until it begins to boil. Then reduce the heat and let it simmer, uncovered, until the water is absorbed. This typically takes about 20 minutes.
Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is a 7,000 year old grain that originated in the mountainous regions of South America. Quinoa has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years due to its significant nutrition and health benefits. Quinoa is high in protein, gluten-free, a great source of fibre, antioxidant, good for heart health and weight loss, a nutritious superfood, helps prevent cancer and diabetes, fights disease, and is very plain tasting, so is very versatile. To cook quinoa, you need 1 cup of uncooked quinoa to 2 cups of liquid. Bring quinoa and liquid to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
If you think millet sounds like bird food, you're not alone! While widely referred to as a grain, millet is actually a seed. And while birds do love it, it's easy to see why humans choose it, too. It's naturally gluten-free, high in fiber and low on the glycemic index, keeping your blood sugar levels stable. It's also an alkaline food, meaning it's easily digestible, a good option for those with sensitive stomachs. If you've never cooked with millet, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Depending on how it's cooked, millet recipes can have a creamy texture like mashed potatoes or a fluffier, slightly crunchy one like quinoa or rice. To cook millet, you'll need 1 cup of raw millet and 2 cups of cooking liquid (water or broth). In a large, dry saucepan, toast the raw millet over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until it turns a rich golden brown and the grains become fragrant. Add the water and and a pinch of sea salt to the pan, stir. Increase the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the grains absorb most of the water (they'll continue soaking it up as they sit), about 15 minutes. Avoid the temptation to peek a great deal or stir too much (unless its sticking to the bottom). Stirring too vigorously will break up the grains and change the texture. Remove from heat and let stand. Like most grains, millet needs a little time off the heat to fully absorb the liquid. Allow it to sit, covered and removed from heat, for 10 minutes. Fluff and Serve!
When you're thinking about grains, think about making a bowl of food. Usually we use wheat products as a base for things, and then we load stuff on top. Bread makes a sandwich, pasta gets sauce on top, pizza dough gets – well, pizza toppings.
The other things we use as bases to fill us up in the UK are commonly jacket potatoes – another bad choice, as large white potatoes burn to sugar inside your system faster than ice cream. We also use rice – not great, as both white rice and brown rice are high-GI, and burn too quickly inside your system as well.
So think about using good grains as a base for your meat, veg and sauce. You can simmer these grains like rice, in some water until the grains are soft and cooked. Then put them into a bowl, (or a tupperware dish if you're making lunch to take with you!) and layer your chicken, beef, veg and sauces on top. Simples!
So grateful for your informative posts Shann!
Interesting. I have a question though. In your 'how to kefirise' article you state that one should remove all cow products. Would this also apply to RAW milk? I get fresh (never older than 48h) unpasteurised and unhomohensied milk. I've seen plenty of evidence that RAW cows milk also contains health gut bacteria!? Thoughts!?
So, could I eat gluten free bread and pasta? As these contain no wheat. Thanks.
Thanks for the grains info., I will try this and hopefully stop the bready snacks.
Would you mind if I used your article about wheat to add to my Healthy Mind & Body section on my wife's counselling website?
What grain can I use to make bread for the children?
What do you think about spelt? We sometimes have spelt pasta – should we limit or stop this?
Great post Shann, very informative. I only eat quinoa or buckwheat (which aren't grains anyway), and have cauliflour rice instead of white rice (biriyani made with that is awesome!). I really don't miss grains at all. Mind you I have been gluten free for years so am used to experimenting 😀.
Hi, I have diaverticulitus, and have read to avoid seeds and nuts, most of the things you suggest are seeds or seed based, any ideas, as to how I can over come this.
This was so helpful I have been gluten free since Last October and never felt better. I sleep better, am not bloated, my aches and pains have gone and I have so much more energy. At the same time I cut out potatoes. I still have the occasional brown rice. I have fallen in love with buckwheat. I make it into porridge and pancakes. Quinoa is also very tasty and versatile. I will certainly be trying the other grains.
PS Despite being a big fan of your goat kefir, what are your thoughts on Kefir made with organic cows milk.
I feel a cookery book coming on !! l will be your first customer!
Hi, just started kefirising today 🙂 I will also be trying to cut out the bad grains and potatoes. Should I also avoid using wheat flour to make gravy and sauces? what would be a good replacement?
Hi Shann, many thanks for all the helpful information. As I've suffered lots of attacks of diverticulitis, I'm taking my "Kefirisation" very seriously. The only problems for me is not having bread, so I was delighted to hear about Sorghum flour and look forward to seeing your bread recipe.
In response to a few of your readers' comments, perhaps the following will be helpful.
1. Two gastroenterologists have told me that they had operated on diverticula for 30 odd years and never seen a seed or pip in one, and advised me to continue to eat food containing them.
2. I like pasta and was very pleased to find, in Waitrose, that you can buy gluten free red lentil pasta and green pea pasta, both only contain lentil and peas.
I have a question of my own. I've started making my own goats milk yoghourt but it is very runny. Apparently, it becomes nice and thick if you add milk powder – the question is, where does one get goats milk powder from. I googled it but was not successful in being able to order any, although it appeared that it was produced.
Thanks so much for all your encouragement, help and advice.
I'm experimenting with buckwheat flour to make pizza dough, can I use yeast to leaven it? I am really enjoying the kefir and the effect it's having on my skin!
When I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease about 50 years ago, I was advised to avoid milk. More recently, since lactofree cow's milk has been available in the shops, I have started using it with no obvious ill effects. Is there something else bad about cow's milk apart from the lactose? I believe goat's milk does contain less lactose than cow's milk, but it is not lactofree. I have been using goat's butter for many years and also cheese made from sheep or goat's milk. What would you advise me to do?
Thanks for this but I have a question, but can we assume 100% buckwheat pasta to also be good as the groats are.
Another thing, sorry, what about unsweetened almond milk in porridge for breakfast after your 170ml of kefir? Is almond milk safe to drink alongside without counteracting? And oats are ok!?
Hi Shann, what about pearl barley?
Thanks so much for this invaluable info. I have only just started this diet and trying to find food to eat has become a challenge. Now that I know about these grains I certainly will be trying them.
Any recipes you can suggest that I can use these grains in?
Hiya I have been on your kefir 21day drink now 2wks today. My psoraisis is just amazing skin getting really clear. Was severe last few months. Have cleanser & lotion too. I have eliminated all the foods mentioned in your booklet. I have had psoraisis 40yrs since 7yrs. Was always told skin condition untill now after reading your info.
Have been adding coconut oil & avocados to my diet.
Can you suggest anything else.
Hi there, just wondered if you can eat barley, as has a low Gi score but has gluten?
Apologies…. realised I was a complete plank before got the reply….. Soz!!!
Just realised I am a complete plank…. low GI and gluten free…., so barley would be a no! Sorry!!!
Loving your blog. So helpful with loads of information. And I have been taking your Kefir for over a year and have never felt better! I try hard to avoid gluten but struggle with interesting recipes so an looking forward to your book whenever you get round to writing it given everything else you cram into your busy life.
I guess most of these suggestions are for people with intolerance.. I agree to diversify the source of carbohydrates but we should not cross out foods. At the end of the day the the nations with longest life expectancy are Italy and Japan which are based on Mediterranean diet one and similar grains the other. In the mediterranean countries we have been eating barely, spelt, millet, rye, wheat but also pulses and it is not a novelty. In the absence of serious or diagnosed disorders is more about varying the diet. Wishes!


Jakarta – Cleveland Cavaliers managed to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Cavs crush resistance Chicago Bulls 4-2 on convincing 94-73 victory in six games in the best of seven fights.
Challenging Bulls at the United Center on Friday (05/15/2015), the stars Cavaliers did not appear too dominant. LeBron James 15 points, 11 assists while Kyrie Irving just six points. Tristan Thompson scored another double-double thanks to 13 points, 17 rebounds.
For LeBron, this is the fifth consecutive Finals after four previously listed him with the Miami Heat. "I do everything for my team, do everything to colleagues setimku," said the owner of two NBA championship rings on ESPN.
Jimmy Butler became the highest top scorer in the Bulls after 20 points. Derrick Rose had 14 points and Joakim Noah gain 4 points, 11 assists.
Cavs now just waiting for the winner of the duel between Atlanta Hawks against the Washington Wizards. For a while the Hawks a 3-2 lead.
Houston Rockets re-appear neat to beat the LA Clippers 119-107. These results make the position back by 3-3 so teams will qualify for the Western Conference Finals will be decided in seventh games.
During 42 minutes on the pitch Staples Center, Griffin had 28 points for the Clippers. Chris Paul appears okay with 31 points, 11 assists, and 15 points contributed J. J Redick.
Dwight Howard inspired Rockets victory after gain 20 points and 21 rebounds. James Harden scored 23 points, and Josh Smith added 19 points.


this family is a special one. this is the 4th session i have done for them...and all four sessions somehow seem to land on the top of my list.
it isn't the lighting, or the locations, or the wardrobes, or how stinkin cute they are that make these sessions great (although it doesn't hurt) ;)...it is their mindset when they go into a shoot.


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Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Multi-asset Solutions
John F. Deters is a lawyer and derivatives exchange executive who serves as the chief strategy officer and head of multi-asset solutions for CBOE Holdings.[1]
The exchange announced his hiring on December 3, 2013, succeeding Richard G. DuFour, CBOE executive vice president, corporate planning and development, who retired at the end of 2013.[2]
He reports to CBOE chairman and CEO Ed Tilly.
Before joining CBOE, Deters served as vice president, financial institutions group, investment banking, for Barclays beginning in 2008. He worked in a similar capacity for Lehman Brothers from 2006 to 2008. At both firms, he developed multi-business-line strategic analyses for financial and banking clients, structured and executed a wide variety of corporate financing transactions, and led execution teams in domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, including the acquisition of Dow Jones Indexes by CME Group and the formation of the S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture and related licensing agreements.
He also worked as an associate in the M&A practice group for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom, in New York, London and Frankfurt, between 2001 to 2004. He also served in the banking regulation division for the Institute of International Finance and office of international affairs for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Wheaton College, and an MBA from the University of Chicago and a JD/Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
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BNS IYENGAR PRIMARY SERIES TUTORIAL
MYSORE CONFERENCE
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Mysore Yoga Traditions
Mysore Yoga Traditions is an inquiry into the cultural background of yoga in Mysore, how it has evolved, and the philosophy upon which this global practice rests. The film is an intimate glimpse into the yoga of Mysore as the elders, scholars, philosophers, yogis and spiritual leaders of the community express their views on what yoga is, its original intention, and how they feel about the way it is being taught and practiced around the world. Much has been said about yoga in Mysore by western scholars. Now it is time for the people who are the keepers of this vibrant yoga tradition to speak about how they see their own legacy.
Featured in the Film
Sri Bhashyam Iyengar: Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College in Mysore
Sri Lakshmi Thathachar: President of the Samskrti Foundation in Melukote, Renowned Sankrit Scholar
Swami Muktidananda Maharaj: Head monk at the Ramakrishna Ashram in Mysore, Spiritual Leader
Sri B.NS. Iyengar: Oldest living Ashtanga yoga master and student of Krishnamacharya
Sri Gangadhar Bhat: Professor of Nyaya at the Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Renowned Sanskrit Scholar
Her Highness Rajamata Pramoda Devi Wadiyar (Queen of Mysore)
Sri Manju Jois, son of Ashtanga legend Pattabhi Jois
Sri MA Jayashree and Sri MA Narasimhan: Directors of the Anantha Research Foundation
Sri Jamana Giri: Cave Swami at Chamundi Hill, Renunciate and Spiritual Teacher
Sri Yamini Muthanna: Ashtanga Yoga Teacher, renowned Classical Indian Dance performer and teacher.
Sri MA Alwar: Professor of Nyaya at the Maharaja's Sanskrit College
Sri Ajay Kumar: Ashtanga Yoga Teacher in Mysore
The Story Behind the Film
In spring of 2016, Andrew Eppler and a group of yogi friends including Joey Paz, Kelly O'Roke, Dallos Paz and Bryce Delbridge prepared to travel to Mysore, India to begin filming a documentary about the life and philosophy of their teacher, Sri BNS Iyengar, in honor of his 90th birthday.
However, just before the trip was to begin, Sri BNS Iyengar suddenly and unexpectedly changed his mind and stated flatly that he did not want a documentary made about his life and teachings.... A bit confused, they decided to go ahead with a documentary about the cultural history of the yoga that has originated in Mysore and just see what would happen.
Through a series of unexpected twists and turns and great good fortune, they were able to secure interviews with many of Mysore's most respected yogis, philosophers, scholars, and elders, including the Queen of Mysore, Rajamata Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. During their interview sessions, they were invited into the Royal Palace of Mysore, and the archives of Maharaja Sanskrit College, where they interviewed the Principal f the college and some of the top professors about their thoughts on the global explosion of yoga and how it has evolved from their community. They were able to interview some of the most knowledgeable and authoritative people, the keepers of this ancient system of yoga knowledge, and express a broader, more accurate and more complete view of yoga in Mysore than ever before. The access they were granted, and the information we were able to capture on film, is unprecedented.
The scholars, yogis and royal family of Mysore granted them more than they could have ever asked for, and were gracious enough to speak to them on camera not only about yoga philosophy, but also topics such as the role of the royal family of Mysore in the development and preservation of yoga, cultural appropriation and the role the west has played in the practice and propagation of yoga, and the crisis they are facing with a vast body of yoga literature being lost forever as the ancient palm leaf manuscripts these texts are written on decompose. If you have ever wondered where yoga came from, and especially about the background of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and Krishnamacharya's legacy, you have to check out this documentary!
Also happily worth noting: Before they left Mysore, Sri BNS Iyengar agreed to give an interview after all, and proceeded to give the most substantial interview about his life and teachings that they could ever have hoped for. Andrew Eppler and his team of close friends were able to open up a new dialogue with Mysore's yoga community and discover new information. The film was created largely with their own resources in Norman Oklahoma USA as a sincere contribution meant to express gratitude to the people of Mysore and to add to the knowledge of the international yoga community.
Pictured Below: The makers of Mysore Yoga Traditions with with the Queen of Mysore in her palace.
© 2016 Mysore Yoga Traditions, LLC


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SORTEDMOBILITY: Self-Organized Rail Traffic for the Evolution of Decentralized MOBILITY
SORTEDMOBILITY proposes a holistic approach for self-organizing management of public transport operations in urban and interurban areas, specifically focusing on rail transport as a mobility backbone. In this approach, intelligent trains will operate in a self-organized manner to guarantee high levels of service in the multi-modal public transport context. The rail transport system will be more resilient, capable of self-adapting to an evolving environment with respect to the demand and in case of disruptions. Furthermore, it will strive for multi-modal integration with other public transport modes enhancing multi-actor cooperation and market competitiveness. A simulation assessment will allow the comparison of the self-organization approach with the traditional centralized one. It will integrate novel advanced methods for passenger demand prediction and rail traffic modeling, including new operational concepts such as train platooning. Suitable KPIs will be introduced and measured in different case studies, in Denmark, Italy and France. They will illustrate how the new approach improves the public transport system and effectively reduces disturbance peaks and propagation. In a close collaboration between academic and key rail stakeholders, SORTEDMOBILITY will showcase the future of railways while producing a set of guidelines and recommendations to support the design and implementation of future public transport systems.
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01 Jul 2021 to 31 May 2024
Laboratory of Autonomous Robotics and Artificial Life
Vito Trianni
Paola Pellegrini, Université Gustave Eiffel
Université Gustave Eiffel
Société nationale SNCF
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
BaneDanmark (BDK)
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione (ISTC-CNR)
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI)
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
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Q: Update text on a website live from an external XML I'm a back-end programmer tasked with creating a front-end element on a site.
I have to take only two data points from an external XML file and have then both placed within the site's existing html, and have it update every few minutes.
The xml tree is large and has several parent elements, I only need two child elements from the first parent element "Main-Library"
Here is what the xml looks like. I compressed it so only the first child of the first two parents are shown:
<Root>

            <Book>
                <Title>Book Name</Title>
                <Author>John Smith</Author>
                <Genre>Fiction</Genre>
                <Loaned>2020-09-03 13:13:48</Loaned>
                <Price>-13.30</Price>
            </Book>
            .
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            .

    <Second-Library>
            <Book>
                <Title>Book Name</Title>
                <Author>John Smith</Author>
                <Genre>Fiction</Genre>
                <Loaned>2020-09-03 13:13:48</Loaned>
                <Price>-13.30</Price>
            </Book>
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            .
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    </Second-Library>
</Root>

I need to take Loaned and Price from the first parent element Main-Library and place them within the following html:

Status:
$35.98
Loaned at 13:13 on September 03, 2020

with price and the date coming from the XML, and refreshing as the xml changes.
Any help to get me started on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

A: First of all - is it possible to use JSON? If yes, go for it and show how the data looks in JSON.
Steps to do:

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*Create a function that will retrieve data

function getData() {
  return fetch(theUrl).then(response => response.text())
}

*Create a function that will parse the data

function parseData(str) {
  const data = (new window.DOMParser()).parseFromString(str, 'text/xml')
  // never did anything with XML so this might be wrong
  // that's why JSON would be A LOT EASIER
  // this should get the first Book
  const Book = data.querySelector('Root Main-Library Book')
  const price = Book.querySelector('Price').innerHTML
  const loaned = Book.querySelector('Loaned').innerHTML
  return { price, loaned }
}

*Print the data

function printData(data) {
  const priceTarget = document.querySelector('.price')
  const loanedTarget = document.querySelector('.timestamp')
  priceTarget.innerHTML = data.price
  loanedTarget = data.loaned
}

*Create a function that will be run periodically

function update() {
  getData().then(parseData).then(printData)
}

*Run the function once and set an interval

const minutes = 5
update()
setInterval(update, minutes * 60 * 1000) // interval in ms, so 60*1000 gets us a minute

I'm not 100% sure if it will work - my main concern is parseData() because I've never done anything with XML in JavaScript.
EDIT: That code will read data from first Book element. If you want to list all Books, the code will have to be different. Let me know, I'll answer you in about 8 hours if no one will be quicker than me. Goodnight

A: With Saxon-JS you could do this by running an XSLT 3.0 stylesheet along the following lines:
<xsl:template name="display">
  <xsl:result-document href="#timestamp">
    <xsl:text>Loaned at {/Root/Main-Library/Book/Loaned
                         => translate(' ', 'T')
                         => xs:dateTime()
                         => format-date('[H00].[m00] on [MNn] [D1o], [Y0001]')
                        }</xsl:text>
  </xsl:result-document>
  <xsl:result-document href="#price">
    <xsl:text>${/Root/Main-Library/Book/Price}</xsl:text>
  </xsl:result-document>
  <ixsl:schedule-action wait="60000">
    <xsl:call-template name="refresh"/>
  </ixsl:schedule-action>
</xsl-template>

<xsl:template name="refresh">
  <ixsl:schedule-action http-request="....">
    <xsl:call-template name="display"/>
  </ixsl:schedule-action>
</xsl-template>

This is just a sketch to illustrate the idea if you want to go down this route. The main benefit (I know it appeals to some more than others) is that there's no Javascript to get wrong.
Disclaimer: Saxon-JS is my company's product.

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Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us
Is there a superior race who lives among us? Are they a fragile and sickly lot with high cheekbones and large eyes? Have they interbred with us in an attempt to reinvigorate their kind? Do they deceive us into serving them, in other words, enslaved us? Mac Tonnies, a young writer, looks for them in a posthumously published book, "The Cryptoterrestrials." Cryptoterrestrials (CTs) are viewed similarly to and get categorized in with the Ultraterrestrials of authors Jacques Vallee and John Keel. Ken Korczak summarizes the details in "Ultraterrestrials: Do They Walk Among Us?" CTs engage in deception, it's suggested, as a series of ruses to cover true vulnerabilities. A review of Tonnies' book suggests our co-inhabitants are challenged on a couple of fronts: "(A) the appearance of a "debilitating genetic syndrome" that ravaged their society; and (B) the rising infestation of a violent species that threatened to eclipse – in number – their own society." Filmmaker Jay Weidner and author Anthony Sanchez offer their views on "the Cryptos" in a recent Project Camelot interview (at 1:00 hour mark). Weidner believes aliens are only concerned with keeping their existence hidden and profiting off of humankind – that's it. Weidner and Sanchez believe Cryptos are capable of capricious acts of violence in pursuit of their goals. Sanchez believes he's been recently poisoned by a Crypto and Weidner suggests Sanchez may be getting too close? Mac Tonnies passed away in 2009 from cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 34, you wonder if he was getting too close? You can view Tonnies' thoughts on CTs in a brief 2006 interview below.
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To start Black History Month off on the wrong foot, a photo of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam dressed either in blackface or as a Ku Klux Klan member in his 1984 medical school yearbook has surfaced.
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Stuck on ideas - Plot development based on Stimulus
Discussion in 'Plot Development' started by starz07, Feb 17, 2014.
The image above is my stimulus, which is based around the plot of my story as follow-
-Time period/historical background: European colonization of the Americas in 1492
-Tragic love story: the Native American guy falls in love with the blonde french woman, which the tribe disapproves of, ends with tribe plans to shoot the french women but shot the guy instead
Any suggestions on how I could expand my story? It is quite vague currently. If you have any ideas, opinions or improvements please comment below.
starz07, Feb 17, 2014
Tesoro Contributor Contributor
A place with no future
What do they do when the tribe show their disapproval? I think you can start from there. Do they decide to fight for their love? To run away together? Appear to be accepting their faith but seeing each other secretly? Plan to kill whoever stands in their way? This is the middle part of your story. The road from A to B.
Tesoro, Feb 18, 2014
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JayG Banned Contributor
Forgive me, but it doesn't seem like much of a story: Boy meets girl...family disapproves...things end badly. Adding things in the middle wouldn't really change a lot, and in any case Shakespeare already did tha, and set the bar pretty high.
That aside, you need an inciting incident, which would probably be them deciding to marry and then discovering that, like the fish that falls in love with a bird they have nowhere to live. The story would be the struggle to find a way to resolve the problem.
But complicating that is that a solution is easy. All they would need do is head off into the woods, build a shelter, and set up housekeeping. Lots of real estate available at that time, so you would have to have a compelling reason why the story isn't over as soon as it becomes clear that no one wants them as a couple.
Are you up to speed on the structure of fiction, what scenes are for, etc. Having a good grasp of that might make your job easier. But in the end, this is the key:
"They can't yank a novelist the way they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him." ~ Ernest Hemingway
No one else can either write or plan your story.
JayG, Feb 18, 2014
Tesoro said: ↑
Ah! Great idea, now I have a 'bridge' to link the introduction to conclusion!
JayG said: ↑
Thanks for your criticism! I do feel that the plot is very typical and lack originality, though as this is a GCSE creative writing task, I do only have 2 hours to write it (with a 1000 word limit).
But I certainly would take your idea to add some sort of background reason and add some originality!
starz07 said: ↑
I think that is a good place to start. You will need more, as JayG pointed out. But it seems like the logical next step in the thinking process. Good luck!
Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor
It isn't a story, Jay. It's a story idea. She can flesh it out any way she wants, either before she begins writing it, or as she writes it.
What you say here is true, she needs forces to move the story from point A to point B. An inciting incident is one way of looking at the motivation of the central plot.
Starz, this may help: What is Plot Creation and Development?
Cogito, Feb 18, 2014
David K. Thomasson Senior Member
Forgive me, but it doesn't seem like much of a story: Boy meets girl...family disapproves...things end badly.
Yeah. Remember how that Romeo and Juliet thing flopped.
David K. Thomasson, Feb 19, 2014
-Tragic love story: the Native American guy falls in love with the blonde french woman, which the tribe disapproves of, . . . . . . .
Any suggestions on how I could expand my story? It is quite vague currently.
Vague, yes, but far from hopeless. Back to basics. Try the mnemonic D-O-A. It represents the skeleton of story, any story:
D = desire. Somebody wants something.
O = obstacle. Something gets in the way.
A = action. The conflict of desire with obstacle stimulates action to get past the obstacle. This action will be the chief of your story.
D - The native American guy and the French woman fall in love an want to be married.
O - The native American guy's tribe disapproves.
A - How do they, the couple, react to the disapproval? What do they do?
Lots of details to fill in.
D. How do they first meet and fall in love? This needs to be fleshed out so the reader experiences their desire, their falling in love and wanting to marry. You have to figure this out, make up the scenes in which all this stuff happens. There are no shortcuts or recipes here; you have to think it through.
O. How do the man's tribal members disapprove? What do they do? Do they meet in secret and talk it over? Do they confront the man? Do they threaten the woman? Again, you have to figure this out and write out the scenes so the reader can see and experience the tribe's opposition to the marriage. One question you need to answer for the reader here is why they oppose this marriage. What is their motivation to oppose the marriage? Again, there are no shortcuts. Think it through.
A. If you make the collision of D with O concrete and felt, the reader will naturally want to know, "What are they (the couple) going to do?" And what they do will depend on how you frame those first two components, the D and O components.
Cogito said: ↑
And mashed potatoes have no bones. So what? She asked and I gave my opinion. Nowhere did I say the story shouldn't/couldn't be written. Are only popular opinions permitted in the forums now?
Thanks for the link! I am going to have to condense the story/idea here to the aforementioned 1000 word limit, but thanks for your comment!


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