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Intermediate React, v5 Typing Component with a Form
State Management
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The "Typing Component with a Form" Lesson is part of the full, Intermediate React, v5 course featured in this preview video. Here's what you'd learn in this lesson:
Brian completes the refactoring of the application to TypeScript by adding types to the form data in the SearchParams component. The Details and App components are also refactored.
Transcript from the "Typing Component with a Form" Lesson
>> Okay, useContext, useState, useEffect. Okay, we have this, I mean, we can identify this, it's an animal array, right, which is kind of fun. So animal response types, it's an array. And now what's cool about this is anything that we know that we pull out of here is definitely gonna be a valid animal.
[00:00:35] And again, I can't put horse in here now, cuz it'll be like, nah, it's not a valid animal, right? TypeScript knows, it knows that it's animals, it paid attention when you were showing it videos. SearchParams, that's fine. UseState here. This one here, right now it thinks it's just a string, we actually wanna identify this empty string is an animal.
[00:01:08] And now it knows that it's definitely gonna be an animal, which is useful. Okay, requestParams here. That's interesting, we can get to that here in just a second. Pets is gonna be returned as pets any. Well, that's not what we want, we assume that we want this to be search.
[00:01:35] Okay, results, that's fine. So what are you mad about here in search? We've identified this is gonna be a PetAPIResponse and a location, animal and it's breed. So that's a query function, okay? Going back to searchParams here, we have fetchSearch, it knows that that's gonna be search. So what do we have here in useQuery that it's mad about that?
[00:02:17] All right, well, let's keep going, and I'll look back at this here in just a second. On the form submit, e.target.value, we just need to identify that that's definitely gonna be, okay, yeah, no, this is fine. Instead of having e.target, put e.currentTarget. I know this is a little strange, but we're not actually guaranteed on these React form events that target's gonna be defined, despite the fact that it always is.
[00:02:48] But currentTarget is guaranteed based on the spec. You'll find that, again, with TypeScript, you end up doing things like this. You'll learn the spec very well, because you're gonna have to have guarantees for all of your code. So target and currentTarget in this particular sense are always gonna be the same thing, so that's fine.
[00:03:08] And then the last thing here, you'll find that formdata.get actually technically returns a form data entry value, which is not technically a string, which is annoying. So we can do this conditional ?.toString, and now we can be guaranteed that animal is going to be a string. So just put that on all three of these.
[00:03:35] Why was it working before? Because implicitly, it would call toString for us. And so now, when we call setRequest object, it's getting back string, string, string, which is exactly what it wanted. And then on, again, here I think this needs to be target.value as Animal, and as Animal.
[00:04:12] And then pets down here, it's still mad about this, which I'm confused about. So string; animal: string; I think this you have to say this is as Animal. There we go, okay, took me a second, so this is what went wrong in my notes. I made the fun audible to call that fetchSearch here.
[00:04:40] This is an Animal, in my notes, I just have this as a string, right? Technically it's an Animal, you should type it as such here. Going back to searchParams, so is like, hey, you've given me here a string, that is not an Animal, right? So here you have to identify that this empty string is an Animal, and therefore, it'll be happy about that.
[00:05:03] And same thing here, if you're gonna do that, you have to say this is as Animal. As well as this is as Animal. As Animal. Okay, so if you're following along, and you wanna have that typed as an Animal, I probably would, because it's supposed to be one.
[00:05:25] You just have to make sure that you're casting it on all the correct places to be an Animal type. So, I mean, that's probably useful for you to see how I would debug that, right? If we look at this, it was saying that this is improperly being overloaded.
[00:05:42] And then so I was looking through it, it was like, okay, this type here is not castable to this. And I saw that animal here was being typed as Animal. And that's when my light bulb went off of like, okay, We have to cast this as an Animal.
[00:06:04] All right, any questions about that? TypeScript, stuff like this catches me all the time.
>> Would we also wanna cast breed, since we have, finally, those things that are breeds? There's just a lot more.
>> I thought about doing that, but yeah, there's a lot of breed types, right?
[00:06:30] So if you really wanted to, and the other thing is we're not adding too many animals day by day. But I could imagine that our API could be adding and subtracting breeds all the time. So getting a complete breed list to be in enumerated type, one, I don't think it'd be particularly useful.
[00:06:44] And two, it'd be hard. So in that case, I would say the juice isn't worth the squeeze, whereas working with animals directly, there's only so many of these, right? We're not adding new species of pets every day. I'm not, maybe you are. [LAUGH] But yeah, cuz we don't have to have this animal type, we could totally just say this string type and move on.
[00:07:12] But this is such a limited set that it made sense to me. So that's kind of up to you. I would not do breed, I think that would be a bad idea, but it might be, typing animal might not be worth it. I guess, it's probably what I would say, cuz you end up doing stuff like this.
[00:07:36] Okay, questions, results is the only thing here. Yeah, so I think we still have to go type results, but otherwise we're pretty close there. Results, Results.tsx. We do have kind of an awkward thing here, remember I called my API response type here Pet? This is why people like to call it IPet.
[00:08:07] But it's not that big a deal, all I can say is import { pet as petType } from './APIResponseTypes'. And now I have the Pet component, and I have the Pet type there. I don't find that particularly confusing, but other people would take great exception that. So pets here is going to be an array of pet types, so we're just gonna say pets : petType array.
[00:08:41] And that is enough to type all of results. Yeah. Okay, and let's go do App.jsx. So app, make that App.tsx. UseState here, we have to say that this is either gonna to be null as Pet or null. We need to import that Pet type as well. Because otherwise, it assumes that this useState is always gonna be a null, right?
[00:09:23] So we have to say that this could be a null or it could be a Pet, that's fine. And here, just before this, we just have to say if there's no container, then crash the whole app, because we give up. throw new Error ( "no container to render to").
[00:09:52] Which it would do that anyway, but we're just gonna be really extra explicit about it. AdoptedPet or null, dispatch is not assignable to Pet. Okay, well, that's fine. So we do have to go back, it looks like to, Our adoptedPet here, and we have to say that this can be a Pet, or it can be null.
[00:10:36] Okay, and that'll fix the happiness here. Cuz in theory, it will be null most of the time, right? If someone hasn't clicked Adopt a Pet yet, that's gonna be null, so that's actually a valid thing for it to complain about. Okay, we still have this Details one to suss out of what is upset about.
[00:11:00] So what I had here before in Details, I had this PetAPIResponse, it actually already knows that, right? So, interacting with this generic this way was not the useful thing to do. So, in order to fix this, all we have to do here is delete this. And that is correct.
[00:11:25] Looks like there's a warning in here, which we don't need this PetAPIResponse anymore. Okay, there we go, we are now up to TypeScript-4, and as you can see now, we have an entirely typed project, there are no any's in this anymore. If we run npm run lint again, we shouldn't have any errors here, we don't, we can do npx tsc --noEmit.
[00:11:53] This will run the TypeScript checker, everything's working like that. In your package.json, go ahead and add the typecheck here, and you just put tsc --noEmit. So now I can do npm run typecheck. And there you go. So again, one of the reasons I add all of these. So now when I have my GitHub action that I set up later, I can run typecheck, I can run lint, you can run format check if you want to.
[00:12:31] So that with format, you can put like a format:check and it's instead of right, you do, what is it? npx prettier -- help. It's like list different, or check, they give you a new one. So then you can just do that --check instead. So then you can do npm run format:check.
[00:13:09] So this is like if you have someone that's like working in your project that's not running prettier, and you're getting sick of them committing files to your project that are not run through prettier. You can have CI basically say, if you don't conform to prettier, then I'm gonna fail your build, right?
[00:13:27] And then yeah, you run typecheck, you run lint, you run format check, and then we're about to do unit tests, then you run all of your unit tests as well. And you can be pretty assured that all of your code is formatted and to style and working before you send it out to production.
>> You pretty assured?
>> Pretty assured, it's gonna be pretty good.
>> You're sure?
>> [LAUGH] Yep, so again, this is just kind of a preview of what TypeScript in React is like. If you wanna go get further into depth with it, go check out Steve's course. If you want more TypeScript goodness, go check out Mike's course, Mike North.


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With their blend of '50s pop and woodwind flourishes, The Saxophones expertly create soundscapes that illicit feelings of immense sincerity and beauty.
The California husband and wife duo Alexi Erenkov and Alison Alderdice are masters at their craft. They create these airy and hypnotic soundscapes that invoke feelings of nostalgia while still retaining a footprint in the present. Their effortless triumphs at blending worlds together make their sound all the more notable and alluring. Together they are The Saxophones, and their matter-of-fact titled debut, Songs of The Saxophones, is a welcomed breath of fresh air in the music sphere of today.
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The opening track, "Time Is Like A River" encapsulates those feelings to a T. It is a meditation on our perception of what time is.
The track begins with a steady guitar melody and soon is accompanied by a flurry of woodwinds that aid in establishing the scene. The hushed vocals of Erenkov are beautifully accentuated with a subtle implementation of the percussion beats and samplers in the background. The track serves as a great opener to the listener, giving them all of the clues necessary to picture the musical journey the album will bring them on.
With the track "Aloha," the duo journeys into the paradoxical realm of finding one's self while touching on the impact the people of the world (them included) have as they explore lands foreign to them.
A stylish guitar tempo is created at the track's start which is carried throughout. There are also snippets of samplers, percussion, and woodwinds throughout the song, but the main draw is the vocal work and the tale that is being unfolded. It's brooding, yet poignant, and is gorgeous all the same.
Continuing with the brooding tales of humanity, the halfway point of the album lands on the track "Just Give Up." The moral of which is exactly as the title says.
Perhaps not a total apathetic anthem, but maybe just a suggestion that a break is a valid option for when the items in one's life aren't behaving the way they should be. The track is also one of the more diverse ones on the album with hints of saxophone, synths, and arpeggiated guitar and bass playing. It's almost ironic in a way – one of the sweeter tracks on the albums contains one of the more somber messages. A charming oxymoron in every way.
Towards the album's close, the track "Mysteries Revealed" bring out gorgeous harmonies with flutes, percussions, and a slick bass line. The combination of which makes for one of the more whimsical tunes, but as shown with prior tracks, not everything is as it seems.
How could I not notice the depth of the pain?
How could I not change?
The mysteries that are revealed are not what our protagonist had hoped for, and the melody has a way of showcasing it. There's a sense of romanticism with it but still tinged with sadness. Those feelings are brought out visually with the music video for the track. Directed by Connor R. Burke, the video shows the band in a home simply playing their instruments, but the story is told through their facial expressions. More and more of the story is told through the gazes of each member, almost as if with each lyric more is revealed that ultimately leaves them with mixed emotions, unable to comprehend what they mean at that moment.
The Saxophones have a sound that is reminiscent of island tunes from the past with a modern twist. The placid tone of the album almost acts like a mask because behind it lies lyrics that are full of dismay and unwelcomed truths. However, the melodies crafted bring about romance – they're stylish, meditative, and intimate. A bittersweet and introspective journey, Sounds of The Saxophones is a debut that showcases the very best the band has to offer, and we at Atwood Magazine are looking forward to seeing what else they'll create in the future.


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Customer Journeys to Increased Efficiency & Automation with BlackLine
As organisations increasingly adopt digital solutions, financial accounting is a key area where the right solution can deliver true transformation. Automating month-end and reconciliation processes can free up accountants to focus on more interesting parts of the job, rather than simply crunch the numbers.
At BlackLine's recent Asia Pacific BeyondTheBlack event, we sat down with four BlackLine customers who have made significant strides in their journeys towards increased efficiency and automation.
CSL—Leading Global Biotechnology Company
Managing finances through separate enterprise resource planning (ERP) instances was becoming complex for CSL, so the team wanted to improve standardisation and compliance. Financial accounting reconciliations were identified as a key area for improvement. The team investigated state-of-the-art solutions and flagged BlackLine as a leading tool.
Mangesh Panshikar, director of finance innovation at CSL, said, "We were happy BlackLine was a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution because that meant it could connect with different ERP systems. With offices and entities all over the world and each location doing things their own way, it was important to bring standardisation across the board."
Since implementing BlackLine, CSL has strengthened the integrity and compliance of financial accounting and the new solution supports the business's shared services model. Intercompany reconciliations are important for CSL with numerous legal entities due to how the business operations are structured. As the next milestone, getting intercompany balances reconciled and certified is going to be much easier and more streamlined with BlackLine.
Panshikar said, "A key goal is to optimise month-end processes through automation. This reduces the time needed for reconciliations and lets employees focus on analytics. With automation and efficiency comes compliance but also, just as importantly, employee satisfaction. Freeing up employees from spending time on mundane, manual activities is a big value-add, which CSL is keen to do, and BlackLine is a key driver in that."
BlackLine integrates with all three versions of SAP ERP in use at CSL. This integration was smooth and seamless, making BlackLine version-agnostic as well as ERP-agnostic.
Pepper Global—Financial Services Company
At Pepper Global, the team was looking for efficiencies around the reconciliation process. There were three key elements required by Pepper Global: agility and ease of being able to move accounts to specific stakeholders within the tool; the ability to contextualise data to enrich the reconciliation process and provide more information to financial accountants; and the ability to centralise processes by providing a single location where accountants could collaborate and get the job done efficiently.
Pepper Global uses BlackLine to group accounts to contextualise specific chart of accounts relationships within the trial balance. This means Pepper Global can have one reconciliation for all those accounts within the trial balance.
Paul Minogue, finance systems manager at Pepper Global, said, "Originally, we standardised within BlackLine based on how we were doing reconciliations at that point. By regrouping the chart of accounts again, and aligning processes to those groupings, we could take advantage of automation around certification and rules within BlackLine to trigger based on criteria within the accounting platform. We were able to automate a great deal of this process with minimal touch in terms of administration of accounts. That frees up a lot of time for the accountants."
Pepper Global also conducts reconciliations in multiple currencies and can set the currencies for the groups automatically based on predefined logic. This saves a great deal of time since Pepper Global sees 60-70 new account relationships monthly due to unique relationships with subsidiaries.
In the future, Pepper Global intends to continue adding contextual information for reconciliations, especially around intercompany reconciliations. Automating the substantiation of reconciliations can help reduce the burden on accountants around that process.
Minogue said, "It would also be beneficial to use the tasks within BlackLine to manage audit tasks. Currently, we use tasks for month-to-month tasks, so expanding this to audit could deliver benefits."
ActewAGL—Australian Utilities Company
ActewAGL was looking for transparency and visibility into the numbers, not just at a management level for better decision-making, but also across different roles to empower the team to do more than just processing work.
Veronica Shehata, manager, financial reporting, and compliance at ActewAGL, said, "For me, going through the ranks as an accountant, I didn't want to be bogged down going through historical processes and spending my time in spreadsheets. No one does. We gained strong executive buy-in for BlackLine by demonstrating how it would enhance our control and transparency around the numbers and also deliver higher staff engagement by avoiding excessive use of spreadsheets and slow processes."
Having several finance teams operating within the business, a central repository tool where the team can see at a glance when reconciliations have been completed, and confirm consistencies across the board, was a big win.
ActewAGL also uses BlackLine to streamline the audit process. Rather than laboriously and manually provide audit information, the business provides its auditors with access to BlackLine. This means the team can focus on its daily tasks while the auditors complete their work.
BlackLine assists with cash forecasting through its matching tool. This has been important for ActewAGL, especially over the last couple of years, enabling greater transparency of underlying cashflows to inform the budgeting and forecasting process. The cash matching module provides the team with greater understanding of business unit cashflows and improves the end-to-end cash management cycle.
In the future, ActewAGL will investigate using the journals module in BlackLine to continue its move away from spreadsheets and keep the team focused on value-add activities and providing support to the wider business.
Treasury Wine Estates—Premium Wine Company
Treasury Wine Estates also wanted to free up the finance team for value-adding activities as well as gain a single source of truth for financial accounting. Treasury Wine Estates uses the BlackLine reconciliations module and has also rolled out the journals module. This was an easy transition since staff members were already familiar with the interface.
Amber Lydiate, global IT director, sales marketing and corporate at Treasury Wine Estates, said, "Our journal entry process was clunky and manual. There was only one clear tool that could help, and that was BlackLine Journals. We automated as many steps along the way as possible, which has given time back to the finance teams to focus on value-adding activities."
Treasury Wine Estates uses JD Edwards as its ERP solution. The ERP team was initially sceptical that BlackLine would work with this complex solution. However, after speaking with another BlackLine customer who also used JD Edwards, the Treasury Wine Estates team was confident it could be managed.
Lydiate said, "We haven't had any ERP-related trouble with BlackLine. Our experience has shown that it's definitely ERP-agnostic."
Next steps for Treasury Wine Estates will include automating some journals, continuing to strip out the repetitive tasks for accountants, and moving towards a more continuous accounting mode of working.
Start Your Transformation Journey with BlackLine
At BlackLine, we're committed to delivering on the promise of increased efficiency and automation with modern accounting. Our goal is to give time back to accountants and free them up to do more strategic work. Learn more about how our 3,900+ customers have succeeded with BlackLine or request a demo to learn how BlackLine can help your company.
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The world's population
"Around the world, death rates gradually decreased in the late 19th and the 20th centuries, with death rates in the developing world plummeting after World War II thanks to the spread of modern medicine. In much of the developing world the decline in death rates preceded the decline in birth rates by 20 years or more, resulting in record-high rates of population growth of 3 percent or even 4 percent a year. Since the 1960s birth rates have also been declining rapidly in most developing countries except those in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. This trend in birth rates in the developing world is comparable to what took place in Europe and the United States in the 19th century."
The world's population is growing—and aging. Very low birth rates in developed countries, coupled with birth rate declines in most developing countries, are projected to increase the population ages 65 and over to the point in 2050 when it will be 2.5 times that of the population ages 0-4. In 1950, there were 335 million children in the 0-4 age group and just 131 million people ages 65+. According to United Nations Population Division estimates for mid-2010, there were 642 million persons ages 0-4 and 523 million ages 65+. That is, of course, quite a change. The UN also projects that for the first time in history, the 0-4 age group will decline between 2015 and 2020, having peaked at around 650 million. The 65+ population is projected to exceed the 0-4 population during that same five-year period, rising from 601 million in 2015 to 714 million in 2020, although at the time that happens will depend on how fast birth rates in developing countries decline.
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World trade fell at the end of last year as imports to and exports from China plummeted, a sign that higher tariffs and the threat of more to come are cooling global economic growth.The figures showed that late last year, U.S. efforts to revamp its trade relationships were increasingly disrupting the global trading system and the cross-border production lines that businesses have built over recent decades.
Webb will begin his new position in New Orleans in June after a long and successful career leading the World Trade Center Kentucky.During the same period, WTC-KY team secured a partnership with the University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics to design and provide international training and certification to its MBA candidates. The Global Strategies and Commerce Certificate has provided over 200 future leaders across the commonwealth with the international business knowledge to grow professionally and to grow Kentucky trade.The latter program continues to build as the center has partnership agreements with Murray State University, where Webb is a founding board member of the Center for International Business and Trade. The WTC-KY also announced recently an agreement with the University of Louisville.Sandy Miles, the Hutchens Distinguished Professor at Murray State University, said: "Ed has been very instrumental in bringing international trade education to west Kentucky, and has been a significant partner in developing the MSU Center for International Business and Trade in Paducah. With deep gratitude for all Ed has done in west Kentucky, we know Ed will be extremely successfully in continuing to build key relationships and moving the dial in international trade in New Orleans, which has the potential to indirectly affect our area. As such, hopefully Ed's new position opens the gateway for regional partnerships such as the Delta Regional Authority."
Where countries have faced trade barriers and wanted them lowered, the negotiations have helped to liberalize trade. But the WTO is not just about liberalizing trade, and in some circumstances its rules support maintaining trade barriers — for example to protect consumers or prevent the spread of disease. At its heart are the WTO agreements which provide the legal ground-rules for international commerce. They are contracts, binding governments to keep their trade policies within agreed limits. Although negotiated and signed by governments, the goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business, while allowing governments to meet social and environmental objectives.
The system's overriding purpose is to help trade flow as freely as possible — so long as there are no undesirable side-effects — because trade is viewed as important for economic development and well-being. This partly means removing obstacles, and also means ensuring that individuals, companies and governments know what the trade rules are and that they are transparent and predictable.
A third important side to the WTO's work is the resolution of trade conflicts. Trade relations often involve conflicting interests. Agreements, including those painstakingly negotiated in the WTO system, need interpreting. The most harmonious way to settle these differences is through some neutral procedure based on an agreed legal foundation. That is the purpose behind the dispute settlement process written into the WTO agreements.
Fani Cyclone.
The Tropical Cyclone Fani which has thrown life out of gear in the coastal areas of India with its high impact on the Bay of Bengal has crossed Bangladesh coast near Chittagong. Gusty wind with speed 40-50 km per hour is expected at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
As per the skymetweather.com, moderate to heavy rains is predicted over states of Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. Heavy to very heavy rains with extremely heavy showers are also likely over the states of Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya. Heavy rainfall to lash Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on May 4th, 2019.
The rainfall activities over the Northeast region would get intensified on May 4th and 5th, 2019, resulting in heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Assam-Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
The cyclone intensified into a 'severe cyclonic storm' on April 30th, 2019 evening and could take the shape of an 'extremely severe cyclone' by May 2nd, 2019, the India Meteorological Department said. The defence forces are on high alert ahead of cyclone Fani. The Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and personnel of National Disaster Response Force and fire service have been deployed in vulnerable areas to help the administration in evacuations.
A day after extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' pummelled the entire coastline of Odisha causing extensive damages in several districts after making landfall near Puri, relief and restoration process to bring back life to normalcy has been undertaken on a war footing.
According to sources, relief works and restoration of electricity, water supply, roadways and telecommunication infrastructure in cyclone affected areas of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur and Balasore districts which sustained maximum damage are being directly undertaken by officials of concerned departments and NDRF, ODRAF and Fire Services personnel.
NDRF DG Satyanarayan Pradhan informed that it is likely to take two to three days before situation is normalised. To expedite the restoration process, high tech equipments are also being roped in from nearby Andhra Pradesh.
As the cyclone knocked out power, more than 30 lakh electricity consumers have plunged into darkness in almost all cyclone-affected areas. Briefing about the situation, Odisha Energy Secretary Hemant Sharma said, "Power distribution infrastructure has entirely collapsed in the cyclone. As many as 10,000 poles have been damaged in Bhubaneswar alone."
On restoration work, Sharma said "Restoration works to bring normalcy has been undertaken on a war footing. Electricity supply will resume in Balasore, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj today while some parts of the State capital will also be provided with power supply today."
Flood Kerala
The Amrita Hospital sent out medical relief teams of doctors and paramedics who provided round-the-clock medical care, conducting dozens of medical camps in hard-to-reach areas and treating thousands of patients. In some places, the teams had to deliver service and medical assistance by boat as the areas were so deeply flooded. And in the remote, hilly areas of Wayanad District, the teams had to hike in on foot to reach those in need. Tele-medicine and an ambulance van accompanied them were very helpful.
The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing 75 people within a week.
All 41 Catholic dioceses in the southern state have opened schools and other institutions to accommodate flood victims and are cooperating to send food, clothes and other relief materials to affected areas.
Thousands have fled their homes to reach safer places after incessant rain since Aug. 13 filled up reservoirs of Kerala's 33 dams to the brim, forcing authorities to open sluices. This left all 44 rivers to overflow and inundate homes, farms and roads and railways as floodwater gushed to the Arabian Sea on the state's western border.
"It is an extremely worrying situation," Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media on Aug. 15, noting that heavy rain was forecast for another two days.
A red alert has been sounded across the state as the heaviest rain and floods since 1924 continue, leaving about 75,000 people in relief camps and causing damage worth US$1.2 million to crops and properties.
What has drawn the world's attention to this tragedy is the sheer scale of it. Estimates put the death toll between August 8 and 20 at 223. Overall, more than 400 people are presumed dead since the monsoon began in late May. The last time devastation on this scale was seen in Kerala, was back in 1924 when 1000 people were killed by heavy rain and floods.
In addition, over 10.28 lakh people were staying at 3700 relief camps across the state, primarily in Idukki, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kochi and Pathanamthitta. Even those who managed to stay in their own homes, or who tried to leave for other places, didn't have it easy. Electricity and water supply was cut off in large parts of the state due to water-logging. Cochin International Airport, one of the State's three international airports, suspended operations till August 26. Water-logged tracks and damaged roads badly affected (or completely stopped) rail and road traffic in the above districts as well.
Following the havoc, the Central government has categorised the situation in Kerala as an L3-level disaster—the highest disaster categorization under the National Disaster Management Guidelines.
Flood Uttakhand
Uttrakhand, located in the geologically young Himalayan belt is an active seismic zone -5 (highest degree of danger), prone to earthquakes, landslides, avalanches and hailstorms. Given its riverine topography extremely vulnerable to flash flood, state had witnessed man-made disasters and natural calamities in four of the past seven years. Yet there is no effective disaster risk management plans put in place.
Himalaya one of the youngest fold mountain systems in the world is known for its poor soil stability in its steep slopes braided with gigantic rivers of high sediment carrying capacity, often plays havoc in its course. So Government can't stop Ganga from flooding, but it can effectively prevent people getting washed away by the flood by putting effective mechanisms in place. Apart from the stability of soil in the region, other reasons the experts quote are – the unbridled expansion of the hydro-power projects and myopic construction of roads in the Himalayan region, to match up with the demands of ever increasing traffic in the area.
The tourist influx multiplied to 5.4million from 2.1 million in 2002- led to sudden mushrooming of large number of resorts and guest house, some of them were dangerously constructed on the banks of the river disturbing the river ecology. To attract more and more tourists the ecologically fragile and religiously sacred sites in the state began to empower it with every kind of luxury which ultimately clogged the ecosystem.
The uphill areas have virtually been dazed and any thought of real estate activity would be stretching things a little too far. The impact has been negative even in the mid level areas where people are now keeping their hands of any real estate activity fearing for the worse.
While such a negative impact on the real estate market in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand is quite natural, real estate experts believe that the negative sentiment would be short lived as the area still offers a very good long term growth prospects. The state capital of Dehradun on the other hand has thankfully not been adversely affected by the rains or floods and the market sentiments remain strong. Dehradun is witnessing a good growth period in the residential real estate segment. Since the city has limited open space due to the forest reserves, property prices in Dehradun are likely to increase in the near future. Also since more and more people are investing in Dehradun as a holiday destination close to the hills, investing in Dehradun is bound to give you substantial returns in the long term. The average property prices in Dehradun for residential apartments are in the range of Rs. 2500 to Rs. 3000 per square feet.
The flash floods and the massive large scale destruction have made people aware of encroaching natural landscapes. The forest cover in Dehradun is unlikely to be altered that may trigger a good upside for the existing land and real estate projects. Dehradun is well connected to all parts of the country and is considered to be one of the safest cities due to its location at the foothills of the Himalayas.
"Around the world, death rates gradually decreased in the late 19th and the 20th centuries, with death rates in the developing world...
The Tropical Cyclone Fani which has thrown life out of gear in the coastal areas of India with its high impact on the Bay of Bengal has...
Uttrakhand, located in the geologically young Himalayan belt is an active seismic zone -5 (highest degree of danger), prone to earthqua...


I've been looking for a few stamps that contain some gentle humor. I'm not interested in images with women drinking martinis or elderly ladies being vulgar, commentary on body parts or body functions. Just something that will make a friend smile and not make them wonder about me!
Easier said than done! I was able to pick up a couple of stamps at the rubber stamp show in June that made me smile. The Stamp I am using for this card was from 'Carmen's Veranda' which is a sub company of Lost Coast Designs.
This is a nice large stamp with super fine engraving. Large stamps like these can present certain difficulties in getting a good image.
this isn't even half of the images!!
I felt like it had to be the paper not soaking up the ink, other than the glossy paper I was using cardstock I normally use in my printer for digitals. It works great for the computer perfectly generated images , it also works well with coloring methods. It was not working well with the old school rubber on ink. So I switched papers and went to old faithful Neenah solar white 80#.
First impression, using mega mount!
You'll see the real difference in the final card.
It has a lovely smooth surface that holds ink nicely and colors well with alcohol, watercolor, chalk and pencil - a very nice paper for printing and coloring digitals, especially at 9.00 per 250 sheets!
It came out perfect the first time.
Apparently it isn't smooth enough for a good image from a superfine detailed rubber stamp and I needed to switch to the Neenah Solar white which is a super smooth finish.
It all has to do with how the paper is polished at the Mill and whether there are long fibers and short fibers and a dozen or so other things involved in milling. Make for very interesting reading.
I'm not supported or compensated by any of the mentioned companies I've mentioned.
I am sharing what I have learned and I hope you find this helpful!
Thanks for stopping by and for all the kind comments I appreciate them and find them encouraging!
Pick myself up from floor, it's $6.95 for 10 sheets, it's the extra heavy solar white.. Plus post of $7.95..
Oh well ... Will keep looking it's starting to appear so may get it elsewhere cheaper. Takes awhile for products to filter over sometimes.
Great comparison Ginny...thanks so much! When I find a stamp this difficult...I get rid of it - unless of course it is Asian in nature - LOL!


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Rise of Fake News at a tense time
Since India's retaliation of the February 15th Pulwama attack, the internet, social media and other platforms have been flooded with fake news. Pictures and videos have been extensively circulated on these platforms. Multiple news channels have also picked up on some of these videos and images that provide misinformation.
Some of the videos circulated after the Indian Air Force allegedly strike Jaish-e-Mohammed camps are as follows:
1. According to a report by ALT News, one such clip doing the rounds on social media claimed to be of the IAF airstrikes. One particular regional news outlet went to the extent of posting the video as "exclusive". However, it is evident that it is not genuine and looks like that of a video game. A faint commentary in English is audible too. It turns out, the clip is of a 2015 clip of video game 'Arma 2'.
2. Another unrelated and old video was shared as a clip of the IAF strike on JeM camps. This one was dubbed as the first visual of the IAF cross-border attack, conducted at around 3:30 am on Feb 26. Several news channels broadcasted the same. In the video, one can see a jet with flares. The video went viral on social media. One post of the video shared by Facebook page 'The India Eye', garnering over 225,000 views alone. The original footage, however, dates back to 2017 and was shared by a YouTube channel. It goes by the title 'Flares at night, Paf F-16', implying it to be the footage of Pakistan Air Force training in their F-16 fighter jets.
3. The next video that went viral for the wrong reasons showed a group of jubilant defence personnel dancing. The post that shared the footage claimed the soldiers in question were celebrating the success of the Balakot airstrikes. A boomlive.in report found that the said video is a year old. The 30-second footage shows three soldiers shaking their legs to Punjabi dance tracks, only to be joined by more.
Our assessment is that outdated and misleading videos are being weaponised by warmongering mobs to break down any chance between India and Pakistan. We believe that citizens of both countries must exercise caution when receiving and circulating these videos.


She sighed. "It's beautiful out here."
"It's a great place to study Photuris pyralis. There are a large number of them here. They like the trees at the edge of the meadow."
Tanya had become accustomed to her boyfriend's fascination with science. He had just received dual graduate degrees in entomology and geology.
She faced him. "What is Photuris pyralis?"
"A species of fireflies, or lightning bugs. We should see some soon."
The timing was perfect. They watched as a few miniature lights winked across the meadow. Jeremy leaned forward and pointed. "There. If we're patient, we should see many more."
Tanya was enchanted. The night sky sparkled with twinkling winged creatures making their way out of the trees. "Oh wow, this is spectacular. I've never seen so many lightning bugs before. They are just gorgeous, and even a bit mysterious."
"Yes, it's quite a display, but there's no mystery involved. They light up because they have an organ which produces an enzyme called luciferase. The luciferase acts on luciferin found in that organ to stimulate light production." Jeremy removed a handkerchief from his pocket and blew his nose. "It's all very exciting."
The young woman forced a smile. "I appreciate their beauty. They look like dozens of little diamonds."
Blatantly, she waved her left hand near his face. "Yes, they look like diamonds. Don't you think so?"
"I suppose. Diamonds are quite interesting. They're actually allotropes of carbon and are deep mantle gems. The majority of them are formed at least 100 miles beneath the earth's surface. They're concentrated in certain areas, just like these fireflies are here."
Tanya looked away. She was beginning to think there was no reaching him. Bravely, she spoke. "Do you ever think about diamonds in any other way? I mean, besides how far below the earth's surface they are formed?"
The young man pursed his lips. "Can't say I've given them much thought, although I agree that perhaps the fireflies do have a few diamond-like qualities to them. Speaking abstractly, of course."
"I'm pleased you think so. Look, the fireflies just keep coming out of the bushes and trees. They're lighting up the whole sky. How many do you think are here?"
"That's difficult to say, but they number at least in the thousands. They're actually quite romantic, don't you think?"
Tanya was surprised at his statement. "Yes, I do."
"I thought coming out here and seeing these fireflies in such great numbers would be interesting. I also thought it would be the perfect setting for this." Jeremy jumped off the hood and fished in his back pocket for something, then dropped to one knee.
"Tanya, I don't have a diamond for you, but I have this." He flipped open the top of a small black jewelry box. "It's an emerald. It's formed from beryl in hydrothermal veins in the earth. I chose it because it matches your eyes. Will you marry me?"
Although it was what she had waited for, she was surprised, and at a loss for words. At last she managed to answer him. "Yes, I'll marry you."
He slipped the ring on her finger. "Excellent. Let's consider honeymooning next spring in Nebraska."
"Hmm, Nebraska in the spring?"
"Yes." He beamed. "That's the perfect time and place to observe heavy concentrations of aphids."


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Тургя́ляй (до 1939 года по-русски местечко именовалось Тургели, реже Тургея; , ) — населённый пункт (местечко) на востоке Литвы в Шальчининкском районе, в 18 км к северо-востоку от города Шальчининкай.

Инфраструктура
По местечку протекает река Мяркис. Шоссе соединяет с Шальчининкай, Яшюнай, Рудаминой. Имеются почтовое отделение, амбулатория, две гимназии с преподаванием на литовском и польском языках, библиотека, костёл Вознесения Пресвятой Девы Марии, часовня Святого Феликса де Валуа (памятник архитектуры).

В 1832 году в Тургелях был похоронен скончавшийся в Вильно бывший ректор Виленского университета профессор Шимон Малевский.

История
В 1500 году в Тургелях был построен первый костёл. В XVIII веке действовала приходская школа. В 1896-1909 годах был построен нынешний костёл. В годы немецкой оккупации в Тургелях действовал лагерь для советских военнопленных. С осени 1943 по июнь 1944 года части Армии Крайовой утвердились в деревне, образовав «Тургельскую республику». В советское время местечко было центром Тургельского сельсовета. В 2012 году декретом президента Литовской Республики был утвержден герб Тургяляй.

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The chairman of luxury company Tod's Diego Della Valle denied speculation over the possible sale of the group, whose majority is owned by his family.
An Italian newspaper reported on Monday that Della Valle had started the reorganization of the family's holding companies and that the move could pave the way to a future sale of the group.
The Della Valle family currently owns just over 60 percent of the Tod's group, known for its Gommino shoes and leather accessories, through two separate holding companies.


McGinley Support Services is thrilled to announce that we have raised £4,200.35 for the Anthony Nolan Trust via our fundraising activities and an additional £3,041.08 via our Just Giving Page.
The total comes from fundraising events and activities completed by our employees across the country.
The amount raised will provide Anthony Nolan with the opportunity to match incredible individuals willing to donate their blood stem cells or bone marrow to people who desperately need lifesaving transplants.
Events throughout our fundraising journey have included cake sales, Jeans Friday and wacky tie days as well as some larger company-wide events.
Bringing together staff from across the country, the McGinley Quiz night included 10 all action rounds hosted by our Managing Director, Dermot McGinley, with the winning team being crowned the McGinley Mastermind Team for the year.
This Epic 100 mile four-day paddle was the Ultimate Challenge for Team McGinley.
A gruelling four-day Canoe Challenge from Glasbury to Chepstow saw the team paddling around 25 miles per day and camping at night on the river's edge. Each day was a test of strength and stamina with the final day requiring the team to be accompanied by a guide as the river reaches its tidal point.
Jade Irons, Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager, Anthony Nolan added "We are so thankful to the whole team at McGinley Support Services for their support of Anthony Nolan. The funds raised so far will make a huge difference in our work to save the lives of people with blood cancer, and we look forward to strengthening our relationship even further in 2018".


Here is the finished fire pit being used to burn debris.
I moved to this little plot of land I own about ten years ago.
Living here in the country was a dream I'd had for many years, and during those years of dreaming and planning, I read tons of books about living in the country. The people who make their living off the land, who know how to build things, plant things, and make do with what they have are my heroes.
As a child I enjoyed reading the Little House on the Prairie series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Then I read them to my daughters, and now I'm reading them to my granddaughters. In the book I'm reading to them at present, Pa Ingalls is building a house—by himself. He cuts his own logs, hauls them, hoists them up the wall as it's being constructed, splits the shingles for the roof, hauls rocks for the chimney and constructs that. I am still so impressed by that type of ability.
By the time I was able to get my little plot of land, I had my retirement income secure. I did not need to make a living here. And the land I was able to afford is not farm land. It is hilly and rocky and mostly covered with trees. But I wanted to try all those skills I had been reading about for years.
I have managed to grow some vegetables each year on the land that has been cleared. And to harvest the black walnuts and blackberries that grow wild. I have learned to fell a tree (a small one) and to cut firewood. To split kindling and make green tomato pickles. To hang my clothes outside to dry and build a good fire in the fireplace.
Book by Helen and Scott Nearing, the guru's of sustainable living.
I've tried to put the lessons I learned in all those books I'd read to good use. In one these books, The Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing, I read about slipform stone building.
The Nearing's are the gurus of the sustainable living lifestyle, beginning in the 30's when they left their home in the city to live off the land. They built their home using the slipform method. They also built garden walls and other structures. In their books they gave a brief discussion of how they did this. I always wanted to try it.
When I was building this home, after the initial push out by bulldozers to clear the land, I (with a little help) did most of the other clearing myself. During this process of clearing off the land, I picked up many, many rocks. For a long time they were just a pile of rocks, mostly small ones, where the grandchildren liked to play.
Last summer, I decided to use that pile of rocks and the information I had picked up about slip form rock building to build a fire pit.
When I first began planning to live here on this plot of land I thought I would be living here by myself. I had been divorced many years and my daughters were grown. They applauded my efforts all the way, but I was in this by myself.
About the time construction of my house began, however, I met someone to share things with. He too was retired, but he was living in the city in a condo (Ugh!) and planned to spend his retirement playing golf and attending all of the home games of his favorite college team.
He was here to help me during the construction process, and we were married just before we moved in. He's always game to help with the many projects I come up with, and was here to help me with this project.
He still plays golf regularly and attends all the home game of his favorite team.
The first thing I did before beginning this project was to go back to the Nearing's book to read the instructions there. These instructions were not very clear to me, so I also looked online for information about the process. Nothing I found had all the information I needed because none of the projects were exactly like mine. But I took the information I had learned and improvised to come up with a plan that I thought would work for us.
First we chose a place in the yard that we had already been using for campfires and leveled the site.
Next we staked out the corners for the pit. The outside dimensions of our pit are 62 inches by 62 inches, but this can easily be adjusted. The inside dimensions are 48 inches by 48 inches. Our walls are thick enough that we can sit on the edges to roast marshmallows or hot dogs.
First we built the inside frame and came out the desired length and built our outside frame.
After the frame was constructed, we put in a layer of rocks on the ground.
Then we put a sack of Sakrete in a wheelbarrow, added water according to the directions, and shoveled it over the rocks in the form.
We kept repeating this process all the way around the form over and over until the frame was completely filled in.
We smoothed off the top, and removed the frame and had our completed fire pit. Simple as that.
If we had them, I would have preferred to use bigger, flatter rocks. Most of the projects I have seen online use bigger, builder type stones. Many of our rocks were small, irregular field stones that were harder to use. But you use what you have.
We decided as we were almost through that we should have braced our forms more. They began to bow out at the top. They're not terribly noticeable, though, and it's good enough for our purpose.
The other thing we might do differently is the type of mortar we used. It tended to get a little crumbled at times. We'll research that more if we attempt a project like this again.
Since it was constructed, our fire pit has served us well. We have often used it for burning debris as we're clearing, and we have had many cookouts there since it was constructed.
John and I were both retired when we moved here. Prior to that, we had spent our professional lives in offices and classrooms. We've lived here now for ten years, so we're not spring chickens anymore. We're amateurs when it comes to this type of project (and sometimes it shows). But learning and trying new things is challenging and helps keep us young.
This is not a perfect fire pit. It bows a little in a couple of places and a few stones are loose. But we have received quite a few compliments on it, and we and our granddaughters all love it.
It was a perfect addition to our little place in the country.
Now I'm trying to decide what our next project should be. Any suggestions?
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I know what you mean; it brings back memories of when I was young, when before the days of BBQs (Barbeques) it was traditional in Britain to bung potatoes in the hot ashes of bonfires (campfires); especially on Guy Fawkes Night (5th November). Then an hour or so later the potatoes would be raked out of the hot ashes; by which time the outside would be burnt to a black crisp. We would then crack them open like an egg and put a knob of butter onto the mashed potato inside; as a campfire treat to finish off the evening.
These days of course, the BBQ has replaced all that (even on bonfire night on 5th November). And, it's the blokes who congregate around the BBQ (with their pints of beer) to do the cooking (which I assume might be similar in America), even if they don't normally cook at home.
Arthur, Glad you are continuing to learn--especially about s'mores. We usually only have these when the grandchildren are visiting, but everyone enjoys them. S'mores are about more than food. They're about campfires and campgrounds and friends and family and togetherness.
I'm learning something new every day from you.
I've never heard of s'mores, so had a quick look on Wikipedia for more details. We don't have anything like that when we have a BBQ. I cook the traditional BBQ food for guests e.g. sausages, burgers etc., with fried onions and salad as optional to go into the bread and butter rolls. But as I'm a vegetarian I also bung a few soya based Linda McCartney's Vegetarian Sausages on the BBQ for me; which I prefer to the Quorn sausages by other producers.
However, a surprising number of meat eaters also like the Linda McCartney's Vegetarian Sausages, so I end up putting more on the BBQ than intended. And in conjunction with the BBQ food we also do a small buffet, which includes a choice of savoury and sweet foods.
We don't have Graham Crackers in the UK, the nearest equivalent might be the Cream Cracker (a flat savoury biscuit invented by Joseph Haughton, Ireland and then manufactured by William Jacob c1885), or the Ryvita (a rye-based crispbread, first produced in Birmingham, England c1930s). Both the Cream Cracker and Ryvita are savoury foods, and best eaten with cheese e.g. a spread of butter with a slice of cheese on top.
We came by Bristol when we were in the UK a few years back. We stayed in a B & B in a delightful little town called Bourton-on-the-Water. Visited Bath and other locations in the ares. It must be a lovely place to live.
We are still enjoying our fire pit. Almost every visit by the granddaughters involves a campfire to make s'mores, a delightful concoction with graham crackers, chocolate, and roasted marshmallow.
Intriguing article; and your fire pit looks really great.
I've seen fire pits on American DIY programmes on the TV, but you don't tend to see them in the UK; I think predominantly because British gardens tend to be much smaller, so we have to be more economical with the available space.
My back garden is only 30 feet wide by 100 feet long, so although it would be nice to have one like yours we wouldn't have room for it; albeit I did make space for a brick BBQ which we use periodically through the summer months.
I too love the wild blackberries. Every August I stroll down to the Bristol to Bath cycle path (just a five minutes' walk from our house) where the blackberries grow wild; then come back a couple of hours later with a couple of kilograms (about 5 Lbs.).
I also love the countryside. When I was still at primary school my family moved to Uley in the Cotswolds; a small village (population about 1,000) surrounded by hills and woods, and a couple of miles from Dursley (the nearest town, with a population of over 6,000).
Now of course I live in the suburbs of Bristol; large city in the West Country with a population of over 400,000; albeit only 25 miles from Uley. Although I now live in a city, I'm never far from the countryside, or green space e.g. where I live in the suburbs is just a mile from the green belt.
The greenbelt, first proposed in 1935 was formally introduced by the Labour Government in 1947, and reinforced by the Conservative Government in 1955. The Green Belt is a boundary of green land surrounding each city and town, where development is prohibited, specifically to prevent urban sprawl.
In fact the city of Bristol is only 10 miles in diameter so nobody in the city is ever very far from the countryside. Also, Urban Green Space has been successive government policy since the 2nd world war. Under Urban Green Space policy local governments are required to ensure a significant proportion of land in the urban area is 'green space' e.g. 29% in Bristol and 40% in London, which includes parks, woodland, lakes etc., and that every resident lives within walking distance of 'green space'.
The concept of urban green space policy is the belief that it's essential for the health and welling of city dwellers. Therefore, although nothing beats being in the countryside, it doesn't matter where I am in Bristol (or any other city in the UK), if I want half hour of peace and tranquillity I know that there's somewhere nearby where I can relax and be away from the hustle and bustle of city traffic.
Thanks, Bill. I'm going to write a new hub one of these days soon.
I know what you mean by too many projects. It seems to be my job around here to come up with new projects for us to do. I love it all.
teaches12345 , It has been used for that purpose many times already. Thanks you for reading and commenting.
I can just see me roasting marshmallows over this pit. Thanks for the idea and information.
MsDora, Thank you for reading and for the good wishes.
FlourishAnyway, I hope you get your firepit. We use ours often.
Thank you for sharing your dream of the good life, and the story of your fire pit. Happy for you that you found someone to share your life. All the best going forward!
I would love an outdoor fire pit such as this. I particularly enjoyed your photos and lessons learned.
billybuc, Thanks. It was a fun project to do.
Very cool! I love to read about people realizing their dreams. Well done!


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David Staples: Top 10 reasons why Edmonton will have public beaches on river
David Staples, Edmonton Journal
There is no shortage of obstacles being thrown up against building public beaches along the North Saskatchewan River, but the city is nonetheless investigating such a plan.
My prediction is we will have several such beaches in a few years.
Here are the Top 10 reasons why:
1. Other places have figured out a way to get river beaches, so why not us? Ottawa has four of them. They've been around since the 1950s, says Dan Chenier, general manager of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services in Ottawa. The beaches have buoyed swimming areas, with lifeguards, beach volleyball, paddle boards and other amenities. On the Milk River at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, there's also a public beach.
2. Beaches bring together the best of Edmonton. Our river valley is full of gorgeous views. Hanging out by the river is remarkably serene and refreshing. It's hard to get both those things unless you're right on the water with no trees blocking your view, but Accidental Beach provided both this summer.
3. The public loves Accidental Beach. In the past, Edmontonians feared the river wasn't safe or was dirty, but that negative image took a huge hit, says Cloverdale resident Paul Bunner, who helped popularize the beach.
"What people realized is that the river is much cleaner and much safer than they ever realized. Thousands of people had that experience, had that revelation. That has created the momentum to investigate the possibility of developing multiple beaches and really exploring the full recreational potential of this amazing asset."
4. We've long yearned for such amenities. The city has been trying for decades to get a beach or lake near the river. Council once considered spending $60 million to build a fake beach at Hawrelak Park.
"All the projects that we've looked at in the past involved something that is fairly artificial at great expense," says Coun. Ben Henderson. "And I think that what's interesting about what the river has done in this case is it's created something largely with its own force."
5. Edmonton's love affair with Accidental Beach has created the political will to fight through obstacles.
"We've got to keep this moving," Henderson says. "It's a gift that's been offered to us and we need to explore it."
Adds Coun. Scott McKeen: "It came up constantly when I was door-knocking (during the election). People were really excited."
And Coun. Andrew Knack: "I think people spoke very loud and clear. We have to be careful we don't public-engagement-to-death something like this, which is obviously very popular."
6. The LRT bridge construction berms that helped create Accidental Beach will likely be there three more years. If the beach keeps coming back, more folks will use it and love it. The pressure for more beaches will build.
7. Accidental Beach provides a blueprint for new beaches. City officials agree the construction berms played an obvious role in creating the beach. Putting in rock berms at other points on the river with already existing smaller beaches or sand bars would also likely create much larger, semi-permanent beaches.
As water resources engineer Darren Shepherd of SG1 Water Consulting Ltd. has said of Accidental Beach, once bridge construction is done there, you can put in a permanent rock berm to slow the water so that a somewhat smaller beach remains.
8. Multiple beaches are the answer partly because they will help with overcrowding at any one beach, says Bunner: "We should share the wealth, share the experience of beach life with Edmontonians from one end of the city to the other — and it would relieve the pressure on Cloverdale."
9. Not only local politicians are buying into Accidental Beach. Federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi is a fan, says Henderson. "I got e-mail from Amarjeet Sohi saying, 'Keep the beach' and offering to help in any way he could."
10. Community concerns around parking, noise and garbage can be met. Cloverdalians took a huge hit when folks swamped the Accidental Beach area and there weren't even garbage cans and portable toilets in place. But such concerns are not insurmountable.
And even those who question if Accidental Beach can happily coexist with Cloverdale acknowledge the wonder of the beach.
"The view of the downtown from it is incredible …," says Reg Kontz, president of the Cloverdale Community League. "You really see the city differently when you're on the water than you do when you're even walking along the bike trail or cycling or in your vehicle. It really changes the character and the impression you have of Edmonton."
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Are lower crude prices enough to bring aviation sector's mojo back?
2 min read . Updated: 07 Jan 2019, 09:46 AM IST Pallavi Pengonda
Average ATF prices for domestic airlines at four metros have declined by nearly 20% compared to the average for the December quarter
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Indian airlines got an apt New Year present: lower aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices. According to Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, average ATF prices for domestic airlines at four metros have declined by nearly 20% compared to the average for the December quarter. These are the lowest monthly prices in this fiscal year.
This brings much-needed respite on the costs front for the industry. It also encourages airlines to reduce fares, which can potentially boost demand. But the big question is if demand will rise in line with the huge increase in capacity by market leader InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, which runs IndiGo.
Note that domestic passenger traffic growth hasn't been upbeat lately. Traffic growth for November stood at 11% on a year-on-year basis, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Growth stood at 19% over January-November.
Domestic aggregate passenger growth has been a record ~900 basis points lower than capacity growth (measured in available seat kilometre or ASK) during November, pointed out ICICI Securities Ltd in a report on 2 January. A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point. According to the brokerage firm, lower passenger growth was led by decline in travellers on key metro routes. "The decline in passenger number in top routes could be due to fare hikes taken by airlines," added ICICI Securities.
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Shannon Attari, an aviation restructuring expert and partner at Attari Capital, says: "If metro routes are price sensitive then shouldn't we expect greater sensitivity on regional routes?" In other words, airlines are finding it difficult to increase fares without affecting demand. This is a worrying trend. Even as the industry hasn't yet figured out a way to sort this conundrum and be profitable, lower fuel prices help. According to Attari, assuming airlines pass on the decline in fuel prices to consumers, fares would decline and there should be a catch-up to the previous passenger growth rates.
But with capacity growing at a brisk pace, the all-important question is if fuel prices have fallen enough to ensure load factors remain high. InterGlobe has guided for capacity addition, measured in ASK, to grow by 35% in the second half of FY19.
While the trends on demand and load factors are yet to play out, the redeeming factor is that ATF prices have come back to levels where low-cost airlines generated decent profits.
In the year-ago March quarter, when ATF prices averaged around ₹ 62 per litre, IndiGo reported a net profit of ₹ 117.64 crore. Besides, spreads (RASK less CASK) stood at ₹ 0.10. In the preceding quarter, when fuel prices were about 9% lower, the spread was far higher at ₹ 0.66.
RASK is revenue per available seat km, and CASK is costs per available seat km. Both are unit measurements for airlines.
It's little wonder IndiGo's share price has climbed back to where it was a year ago. But it's worth noting that the lower fuel price environment is not necessarily a permanent feature. There is always the risk that prices will inch higher. This is why, before optimism flies too high, it would be prudent for investors to curb their excitement. Especially so, given that the industry capacity now is much higher than it was last year.


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Henderson's Rookies far more than just a sports bar
This Henderson mainstay offers an upscale restaurant menu and an events venue.
Henderson's Rookies far more than just a sports bar This Henderson mainstay offers an upscale restaurant menu and an events venue. Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2019/02/03/hendersons-rookies-far-more-than-just-sports-bar/2577032002/
Aimee Blume, Evansville Courier & Press Published 10:28 a.m. CT Feb. 3, 2019
HENDERSON, Ky. — Rookies Sports Bar and Restaurant might have more to offer than you realize. The long-time Henderson gathering spot has been around since the early 80s when Fred and Ginny Thomas took over the location of Doc Holliday's Saloon.
Rookies is located on Second Street in downtown Henderson. (Photo: Aimee Blume, Courier & Press)
These days their son Rodney Thomas owns Rookies with his wife Liz. The Thomas family has taken the bar and restaurant through changes and additions over the years resulting in a three-fold business now comprised of a steak-centric restaurant with a casual atmosphere, a sports bar and an events venue.
"In the beginning, my parents had a bar and nightclub in the north section of the building," said Thomas. "They called it Fred and Ginny's, and they just had limited food. The part that is the bar now was an open lot, and they put a biergarten out there and changed the name to O'Darby's Pub. It had an Irish theme and a little more food."
It was when sports bars were becoming very popular in the early 90s that the Thomases decided to enclose the biergarten and turn it into a sports bar named Rookies. The night club portion still existed, and in 1993 they bought the final, south piece of the building and added a full-service restaurant.
The most recent change to Rookies happened about four years ago when the night club portion was replaced with an events venue suitable for small weddings and private parties.
While the menu has evolved over time, the focus has long been on certified Angus beef steaks, prime rib and burgers, with a large accompanying menu of seafood, chicken, pasta, salads and sandwiches.
The biggest menu draw at Rookies is the certified Angus steaks, such as this bacon-wrapped filet. (Photo: Aimee Blume, Courier & Press)
"We hand cut our steaks daily and slow-roast the prime rib every day," said Rodney Thomas. "Probably half of the food sales are beef. Our biggest seller is the flat iron steak."
Meat lovers will find plenty to love on Rookies menu.
In addition to ribeye, prime rib and filet steaks, diners may choose to have their prime rib coated with blackening spice and charbroiled for an all-over sear. The Hawaiian sirloin steak is marinated in teriyaki, honey, citrus and sweet chili sauces; and a ground sirloin steak is topped with sautéed onion, peppers and mushrooms.
The beefy theme continues into the sandwich menu. The Rookies Special contains slices of the house prime rib on Texas toast and is served with au jus; peppers, mushrooms, onions and mozzarella cheese are optional. A grilled ribeye steak sandwich is also offered.
The All-American burger is made with a half-pound of Angus beef. Creative diners will enjoy the fried green tomato cheeseburger, with beef, American cheese and a fried green tomato slice — which is breaded in-house with Henderson's own Colonel Jim's breading.
Diners in the mood for seafood will appreciate the bang-bang style shrimp entrée, catfish blackened or deep fried in Colonel Jim's breading as an entrée or sandwich or the North Atlantic salmon glazed in a Woodford Reserve Bourbon sauce.
Be careful, because it's easy to fill up before your entrée even makes it to the table with Rookies choices of appetizers and salads.
Fried green tomatoes at Rookies are hand-breaded with Colonel Jim's breading, fried and served with horseradish sauce for dipping. (Photo: Aimee Blume, Courier & Press)
The fried green tomato appetizer is a huge hit according to Thomas, and another unique choice is the stufferinos — jumbo white stuffing mushrooms filled with herb cream cheese, then breaded and fried. The finished product is about the size of a baseball and comes served with horseradish sauce.
Fans of thick, house-fried chips will enjoy them at Rookies smothered in Alfredo sauce, bacon and blue cheese.
A healthier but no less delicious way to start your meal is with a big wooden bowl of the minty Arabian salad or mixed Italian salad with warm tortillas and butter for wrapping.
All can be enjoyed with, of course, drinks from the full bar.
"There are still people who think we're a night club," said Thomas. "The restaurant is so much more than that. If I had to make a tagline, it would be "great steaks in a casual atmosphere."
Rookies Sports Bar and Restaurant is located at 17 Second St. in Henderson
Monday – Saturday 4-10 p.m.
Rookies reports that it is handicapped accessible
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» Singpore REIT blog – Worth while to start one?
As I was doing research on Singapore REITs, I find a lack of blogs that focus on this area. There are many corporate info but nothing that shares personal experiences. In this age where people value real content over marketing fluff, the lack of the former lead me to think about creating a niche site that covers Singapore REIT funds.
Since I have not shown you how to create a niche site that earns some online income, I thought this will be a good exercise to show you what needs to be done.
The easiest way to do this is to do what I have done. Start with what is interesting to you. As you explore online, you will notice pockets of information that is missing or incomplete or lack a distinct voice. These are signs that there might be a space for a new niche blog to be developed and fulfill the market gap.
Once I have identified the niche, I do some research around the level of interest. This is done through keyword research. It means looking at what kind of keywords people are typing into Google. If I see lots of questions and variations about Singapore REITs, it means there is a natural demand for such information. The screenshot belows gives how I use Google suggest to see a sample of the kind of keywords that peopel are using with regards to Singapore reits.
It is important to know how I will make money from the site. It might just be a hypothesis but at least I have some idea on how to test. If you have no ideas on how to monetise your blog's traffic beside slapping on a couple of ads, you might want to rethink about your idea.
It is good marketing practice to pick a domain name that describes your blog. Since my ideas was about Singapore reits, it will be good to pick something that has the term reits in it. If you picked the exact terms for a domain such as SingaproeReits.org, then we called this exact domain match (EMD) because the domain contains exactly the words that describes your blog. If you picked something like ReitsWarrior.com, then it is more of a brandable domain. What you decide depends on your preference.
There are a number of way to generate traffic to your site. My expertise is to get traffic from Google. I do this by targeting one article at one particular problem the searcher may be asking. By being focus, relevant and comprehensive, Google might put my article at the first page of the result by the keyword that the user is searching for. Doing this for all my articles ensure that I will have a steady stream of visitors that will either buy my product or click on my ads.
In a nutshell, that is how I develop a niche site to make money online.


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ASA Monitor 03 2014, Vol.78, 14-47.
Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass. He hates him that would upon the rack of this tough world stretch him out longer.
An 83-year-old man with metastatic prostate cancer develops a small bowel obstruction. He has an active DNR order but consents to the surgery with no further discussion about his DNR status. Shortly after being brought to the operating room and undergoing general anesthesia, he develops ventricular tachycardia. Chest compressions are started and after multiple epinephrine boluses and asynchronous cardioversion, the patient regains a perfusing sinus rhythm. The anesthesiologist starts an epinephrine infusion while the surgeon leaves to consult with the patient's family who, wanting to honor the patient's wishes expressed in his DNR order, requests the epinephrine infusion be discontinued with no further attempts at resuscitation. The anesthesiologist agrees and, after the epinephrine infusion has been stopped, the patient's blood pressure declines and the cardiac rhythm again degenerates to ventricular tachycardia. This time no CPR is performed and the patient expires in the operating room.
Richard J. Kelly; Perioperative Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders. ASA Monitor 2014;78(3):14-47.


An investigating magistrate has ordered the American financier George Soros and three others to stand trial next year on charges that they took part in a 1988 insider-trading scheme involving shares of a French bank, Societe Generale, which had been privatized the previous year, people close to the judiciary said today. Charges against seven other people were said to have been dropped.
It was not immediately clear what specific charges the four defendants would face. French magistrates have been investigating the case for 12 years.
A message left with a spokesman at Soros Fund Management in New York after business hours was not immediately returned.
Along with Mr. Soros, the others ordered to stand trial, these people said, were Charles Naouri, a former senior official in the French finance ministry; Samir Traboulsi, a Lebanese businessman who was convicted on unrelated insider-trading charges in 1993; and Jean-Pierre Peyraud, a former French banker.
Le Monde, the newspaper, reported today that the four were suspected of benefiting from privileged information during an operation to try to buy up part of the capital of Societe Generale.


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Tech trends: What to expect in 2017
From AI and machine learning to industry-focused clouds, the latest tech is going to have a profound impact on the network. Here's a look at what's ahead, and how to plan accordingly.
Expert Blogger Christine Wong	/ December 28, 2016
Tags: 2017 technology predictions, IT trends 2017
If 2016 was the year of IoT, 2017 is shaping up to be all about AI.
The technology sages focused their predictions for 2016 on the Internet of Things and its interconnectedness. Looking ahead to 2017, they're fixating on intelligence, as in artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, machine learning and natural language processing.
Let's peer into the crystal ball to see how AI and other key tech trends could affect enterprise networks and the professionals who manage them in 2017.
Everything gets smarter
"AI and machine learning have reached a critical tipping point and will increasingly augment and extend virtually every technology enabled service, thing or application," Gartner suggests in its list of top 10 strategic tech trends for 2017.
Gartner says this will play out in scenarios like bank fraud detection, virtual personal assistant apps, conversational chat bots, autonomous vehicles and drones. If you want a number (and what forecaster doesn't enjoy dabbling in a few stats?), IDC estimates that by 2018, 75 per cent of developer teams will include AI/cognitive computing functionality in one or more applications and services they create.
… and cloudier
Cloud is pretty much ubiquitous by now and, in 2017, it's going to get both more complicated and more focused. IDC says that rather than just being cloud consumers, businesses of all stripes will become cloud providers by offering their own cloud-based products and services to their customers. At the same time, IDC sees industry-specific clouds forming around verticals like retail and finance.
In his outlook for the coming year, Cisco's Jeff Reed expects more network security functions to head to the cloud. By adding machine learning (there's that AI again) to cloud-based security, "we'll see much better and faster diagnosis and remediation," predicts Reed, who leads Cisco's enterprise infrastructure and solutions group.
IDC thinks augmented reality is poised to go social and mobile, particularly on Facebook. IDC sees mobile AR apps blowing past the 400 million mark for monthly users sometime in 2018. Gartner similarly advises enterprises to capitalize on the coming wave by "look(ing) for targeted applications of VR and AR through 2020."
IDC used its 2017 predictions webcast to unveil its fourth platform called augmented reality. This phenomenon will literally mesh IT systems with the human body, from implanted brain chips to skin tattoos that control our mobile devices. Gartner alludes to this in its own trends forecast by suggesting "over time, AR and VR (will) expand beyond visual immersion to include all human senses." Far out.
Taking advantage of all these trends, of course, requires money and people. According to the global outlook from Spiceworks, however, IT budgets and staffing levels will both stay flat in 2017. Yet another year of doing more with less? Pretty much.
Network impact
These trends are going to put networks through their paces, so admins are planning accordingly. Reed notes more enterprises are embracing network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) to help with provisioning, scale branching, automation and end-to-end programmability.
Looking at AI and automation, both those trends may start to have a profound impact on what IT pros do and the skills they need to have. As Gartner puts it, AI means systems can "learn, adapt and potentially act autonomously rather than simply execute predefined instructions." Reed predicts that as programmability comes to the network, network admins will start to morph into network programmers.
If IDC's augmented humanity prediction comes true, will IT need to add biomedical specialists to its teams as well as programmers and developers?
Relax. Since IDC doesn't foresee augmented humanity reaching early adoption until 2021, you've still got a few more years to grapple with that one.
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That's what 4.4 speed looks like.
With an outrageous first half against Boston College this afternoon, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson made history. Coming into the matinee matchup, Jackson had amassed 996 rushing yards, and he needed just four more to become the first Cardinals quarterback ever to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. He did that almost immediately, blasting BC's defense for a 69-yard rushing touchdown minutes into the first quarter. It was a run in which Jackson showed off the full depth of his speed.
Before the 2016 season began, Jackson was clocked running a 4.42 40-Yard Dash. The fastest quarterback at the 2016 NFL Combine? Louisiana Tech's Jeff Driskell, who ran a 4.56. Michael Vick, whom Jackson has been widely compared to, ran a 4.33 at Virginia Tech's Pro Day back in 2001. We don't know what speed Jackson reached at the peak of this sprint, only that every Boston College defender who pursued him eventually faded from view because Jackson left them in his dust.
He did it again in the third quarter with a 53-yard scamper to the end zone after executing a cutback that would make most elite running backs drool. Again, there isn't a single BC defender in the frame by the time Jackson reaches paydirt.
Jackson was taken out at the end of the 3rd quarter, with Louisville up 52-7. His statline: 231 yards passing, 185 yards rushing and seven total touchdowns. You cannot hope to slow Jackson down, because once he sees daylight, you will never, ever catch him.


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NZ wins bronze at Culinary Olympics in Germany
The team's table centrepiece was a food model of the Lord of the Rings character, Gollum.
The New Zealand team of chefs has scooped two bronze medals in the Culinary Arts section at the 2016 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany – with the Hot Kitchen section still to be competed in.
Fonterra global category and innovation manager Keith McDonald, who's handling logistics for the team, says the team of chefs: Steve Le Corre, Mark Sycamore, John Kelleher, Darren Wright, Richard Hingston and Corey Hume, are 'absolutely rapt' with the result.
"The judges totally got the New Zealand theme and where we were coming from. We were marked down because the heat in the room started to melt Gollum, a little, but we were judged on the skill that went into it," McDonald says.
It's a different medal system to the first, second, and third placing of the sporting Olympics. In the Culinary Olympics, all teams start with 100 points and then points are deducted by the judges for various things they perceive as being wrong with the dish. There could be as little as half a point separating gold from silver and silver from a bronze medal.
Fonterra's director of global foodservice Grant Watson says the team has done an amazing job in the Culinary Art section.
"The standard of competition was extremely high and for New Zealand to pick up two bronzes in their first attempt in 28 years is a fantastic result and speaks to their skill and the quality of the food they produced," Watson says.
The bronzes were gained in the pastry, and the savoury sections of the Culinary Art section. In this event, a variety of fine-dining restaurant dishes that are usually served hot to a guest are presented and displayed cold to the judges. Chefs must use gelatine and aspic to give food the appearance of being fresh and hot.
On Wednesday morning NZ time, the NZ Anchor Food Professionals team will compete in their final category – the Hot Kitchen section; a section they describe as their strength.
In this event, dishes are served a'la carte at the Restaurant of the Nations, where members of the public dine alongside members of the Culinary Olympics judging panel. The competing teams do not know which of the 110 diners the judges are.
The team is hoping for gold with their salmon entrée, lamb loin main course, and South Pacific-inspired dessert.
Dairy leader's award richly deserved
Dairy industry leader Tony Wilding says he's absolutely delighted to be rewarded for his work in conservation and education sectors.
Fonterra pioneer expects much better
One of the architects of Fonterra says he's very disappointed with the co-op's performance over the years.
Fonterra pays $30m to gain full control of Chilean processor
Fonterra has paid $30 million to boost its stake in struggling Chilean milk processor Prolesur.
Dairy's Christmas cheer
After a challenging year, dairy farmers will go into the festive season buoyed by high farm gate milk prices.


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Geologic Map of Cottonwood 7.5' Quadrangle, Yavapai County, Arizona
House, K.P.
Cook, J.P.
This map depicts the geology of the Cottonwood 7 ½' quadrangle in Verde Valley and the Black Hills of north-central Arizona. This bedrock geology of this area was previously mapped by Anderson and Creasey (1967), and surficial and basin deposits were mapped by House and Pearthree (1993). Deposits associated with the Verde River were mapped in detail by Cook et al. (2010). This new Arizona Geological Survey Digital Geologic Map (DGM) product integrates all of these data sets and makes them available in a variety of digital formats. The map consists of a generalized representation of the bedrock geology, a fairly detailed depiction of basin deposits (Verde Formation), a careful depiction of the distribution of piedmont alluvial deposits of different ages and their associated geomorphic surfaces, and a relatively limited strip of Verde River deposits. Preliminary age estimates are assigned to each alluvial unit based primarily on relative topographic position and surface and soil characteristics, with limited numerical age constraints that are discussed below. Geologic structures in the bedrock units other than the principal traces of the Verde Fault are not included in these maps. This map contains a wealth of geological information concerning the effects of long-term incision of the Verde River on the surrounding landscape and impacts of Quaternary climatic fluctuations on piedmont tributary drainage systems and the Verde River. Evident in these maps is the strong influence of drainage basin and substrate lithology on the evolution of the regional landscape and the persistence of landforms. In addition, the maps contain information relevant to the distribution and character of flood hazards and potential soil problems. The following is a summary of the Quaternary evolution of northern Verde Valley, with substantial evidence drawn from the Cottonwood quadrangle and adjacent Cornville and Clarkdale quadrangles. During the Quaternary the Verde River has downcut at least 300 m into the basin fill deposits of the Verde Formation. The age of maximum filling of Verde Valley was ~2.5 Ma based on paleomagnetic stratigraphy (Bressler and Butler, 1978); a very high remnant alluvial fan surface in the uppermost piedmont near the Black Hills in this map area is the best-preserved vestige of this period. Subsequent river downcutting apparently has been episodic, with river terraces and piedmont alluvial surfaces graded to them representing intervals of stability or minor aggradation. Multiple early to middle Pleistocene alluvial packages (e.g., Qo1, Qi1) can be traced to the valley axis near the modern Verde River in the Cornville quadrangle. The base of Qo1 deposits is about 50 m higher than the modern river near the modern Verde River – Oak Creek confluence. Less than 2 km upstream along the river, the base of Qi1 deposits, which locally contain the 767 ka Bishop Tuff (Crowley et al., 2007), is ~10 m higher than the modern river. Thus, roughly 80% of Verde River downcutting had occurred prior to Qo deposition, and 95% had occurred prior to middle Pleistocene time (780 ka). The middle and late Pleistocene and Holocene have been characterized by periods of substantial aggradation and incision. For example, Qi1 deposition filled several moderately deep tributary paleovalleys cut into Verde Formation deposits, and Qi1 piedmont deposits were graded to and aggrading Qi1r river deposits. Subsequent periods of major tributary and river aggradation almost certainly filled in erosional topography as well. All of this activity has occurred within a landscape framework formed by early and early middle Pleistocene deposits and eroded Verde Formation deposits, however, and net incision has been minor. The extent of Holocene deposits is quite limited except in the Verde River floodplain and low terraces, and tributary alluvial fans graded to the Holocene river. The Verde fault zone, which separates the bedrock of the Black Hills from the basin deposits of Verde Valley, bisects the quadrangle from southeast to northwest. In many areas, the contact between basin deposits and bedrock is quite sharply defined – the approximate location of the fault zone. In some areas there are clearly multiple fault strands, and there are almost certainly more fault strands that are not exposed. There is, however, no clear evidence of displacement of Quaternary surficial deposits along this part of the Verde fault zone. Flood hazards?
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House, K.P., Pearthree, P.A. and Cook, J.P., 2019, Geologic Map of Cottonwood 7.5' Quadrangle, Yavapai County, Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Digital Geologic Maps, DGM-140, 1 map sheet, map scale 1:24,000.
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House, P.K., and Pearthree, P.A., 1993, Surficial Geology of the Northern Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona; Clarkdale, Page Springs, Cottonwood, and Cornville Quadrangles: Arizona Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-16, scale 1:24,000, 4 sheets, 19 p.
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