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Outdoor industry blends business, advocacy at new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show
Business and politics will be on the agenda as new show debuts
Rick Bowmer, The Associated Press
Vanessa Castagnoli, of Tentsile, shows Eric Hanson, the Stingray tree tent, at the Tentsile display during Outdoor Retailer show Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City.
By Jason Blevins | jblevins@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
When Denver landed the Outdoor Retailer trade show last year, organizers promised not just a new location but a new vibe. This week, the influential trade show arrives at the Colorado Convention Center, blending with SnowSports Industries America's Snow Show for a long-awaited rally of both outdoor and winter-industry retailers and manufacturers.
As the retail landscape shifts with brands offering direct-to-consumer sales, internet giants dominating e-commerce and the rising tide of click-and-mortar stores forever changing traditional gear shops, the wheeling and dealing on the three-level show floor will be critical. And amidst the shop owners stocking shelves for coming seasons, a surging army of advocates will be rattling their sabers, hoping to galvanize a united movement that protects public lands, water and climate. The show will blend not just the outdoor and winter crowds. This time around, a cavalcade of sociopolitical activity will permeate the show as the outdoor industry vies to sway public policy.
So yes, there will be a lot going on inside the convention center this week. It's a historical four-day confab — the first of a planned three annual Outdoor Retailer trade shows in Denver that will deliver an expected $110 million economic impact each year — that not only fills local coffers with more than 28,000 attendees but elevates Colorado as the swelling epicenter of the outdoor industry. If all goes as planned this week, the Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show will spark a political movement that establishes the industry as a major economic, cultural and political force.
And as part of that whole new vibe, the public will finally have more access to the consequential conclave, with open-to-everyone panel discussions, a movie night at the Bellco Theater and the Winter on the Rocks concert at Red Rocks. But first and foremost, the blended trade show is about connecting outdoor and ski shop owners with a larger-than-ever array of gear-makers.
Rick Bowmer, Associated Press file
In this Aug. 4, 2016, file photo, people attend the Outdoor Retailer show, in Salt Lake City.
"We are bringing together two markets that haven't been together for more than 30 years, and the opportunities for brands to meet new retailers and retailers to see new products and new brands is unprecedented," said Marisa Nicholson, the director of the Outdoor Retailer trade show and vice president for show producer Emerald Expositions. "Our No. 1 focus is creating the most efficient, cost-effective way for business to get done for both manufacturers and retailers. Everything else builds around that."
There's a lot of "everything else."
In addition to a rotating slate of seminars and panels designed to gird retailers for battle with increasingly shifting forces in the outdoor retail world — like brands selling via their own shops and websites — a litany of events will engage the public and stir political winds.
Luis Benitez, head of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, will gather the first-ever outdoor G8, a summit of eight state delegations with outdoor recreation offices like Colorado's. The so-called Confluence Summit will focus on bipartisan issues like economic development, conservation, workforce training and public health. The idea is to create a sort of outdoor group similar to the Western Governor's Association, a national political voice to elevate outdoor recreation economics and policy.
"This is pushing the idea that the outdoor industry is beyond a political stripe," said Benitez, who hopes the annual summit spawns more offices like his as well as additional rallies in other states every summer. "If we can get everyone to agree that more things can happen at the state level than anywhere else, we can become a voice not just for outdoor economies but for the natural resources that drive our economies."
Benitez will emcee the open-for-everyone Backcountry Film Festival's "Night of Stoke" on Saturday at the Bellco Theater, with iconic athletes and activists introducing shorts that focus on climate, public lands and water. On Friday night, Icelantic Skis will host its annual Winter on the Rocks concert at Red Rocks, which this year will include the Snow Show's popular fashion show.
For five days, a series of free and open-to-the-public seminars and discussions will take over the convention center's intimate Understudy venue. The so-called Trade School — sponsored by Something Independent — will feature brewers, distillers, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, ski patrollers and podcasters discussing "the nature of work."
"A big question we are going to be asking this week is 'What is the road ahead?' Not necessarily what's been done but what's coming," said Chuck Sullivan, the co-founder of Denver's Something Independent group, which fosters innovation and entrepreneurs in the West. "The outdoor industry has an outsized impact that inspires so much more. It's a community of folks who are resilient and subscribe to the notion of putting heads down and getting stuff done."
There's going to be a large push to inspire those outdoor loving shop owners and vendors toward political action, probably more than any previous Outdoor Retailer or Snow Show. With the Trump Administration calling for the shrinking of Bear Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments in Utah — a move that ultimately triggered the Outdoor Retailer show to leave its longtime home in Salt Lake City in protest — as well as reductions in environmental protections, there's an urgency in the outdoor industry to coalesce and fight for political change.
Amy Roberts, the head of Boulder's Outdoor Industry Association, hopes to take overwhelming support for public lands, which has galvanized the industry more than anything in recent memory, and channel that toward climate change and protecting clean water and air. The industry is angry with federal policy changes this year, she said.
"People are very motivated to come together and figure out how we can start to create the change we hope to see in 2018, and people are excited to do that in a state like Colorado, which has a commitment to public lands," she said.
While major manufacturers and brands such as Patagonia and REI lead the battle against what they see as an attack on public lands, shop owners also are keen to flex their united muscle to protect lands, access and water, Roberts said.
"There is a lot of power in these small-town businesses on Main Street," Roberts said. "Sometimes that influence on public policy gets overlooked, but it's really important."
Retailers and brands may be eager for political change, but they are coming to Denver for business.
"I think the political stuff is definitely interesting with Bears Ears and Trump complications with the EPA and all that. I'm curious to see how it impacts the show, but the primary reason we are there is to look at product and talk to vendors and find new vendors," said Jon Kahn, the 20-year-owner of Denver's venerable Confluence Kayaks ski and paddle shop. "With more brands opening their own stores, we want to know how much direct competition we are going to have from our vendors versus vendors who don't do direct-to-consumer. For us, we are trying to find the best representation of smaller, local brands so we have some exclusivity."
Nicholson, the show director, is on it. Her job is to make sure shop owners like Kahn have everything they need to make the right decisions for their stores, and brands are able to channel their innovation (and order quantities) to meet those retailers' needs.
The newly blended Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show will be revealed "more in a feeling than a visual take," she said.
"It's going to be a renewed sense of energy of excitement with two markets coming together. We want to create more ways for retailers and brands to be able to discover new things simultaneously," said Nicholson, who has worked with Outdoor Retailer for 15 years. "There is so much passion in this industry. The things that are pushing and pulling us are the same things that bring us all together and create a sense of community unlike any other industry. All these people competing, but working together. It's something very unique and really special, and that's what will make this industry even stronger as we continue to endure the different challenges pressed upon us."
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Barclaycard has increased the sign up bonus on the Arrival Plus to 70,000 miles, worth $700 toward Disney travel. And, they waive the annual fee for the first year. It's a quick and easy way to save on your Disney vacation. But, to get full value out of the miles, they must be redeemed for travel purchases. This post outlines how to use Barclaycard miles at Disney to ensure every purchase is an eligible travel purchase.
Purchasing Disney Park tickets directly through Disney will not code as a travel purchase. However, many ticket brokers will code as a travel purchase. And, you'll usually save a little as well.
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Disney hotels, including places like Aulani, are an eligible travel purchase with the Barclaycard. Flights are eligible travel purchases as well. This is true whether you book through Disney, a travel agent, or a third party site like Expedia.
Purchasing a Disney vacation package is another good way to use your Barclaycard miles to get Disney tickets. When you combine your tickets with your hotel stay, it also codes as a travel purchase.
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Gold Ranch Casino & RV Resort, located in Verdi, NV, is not your typical casino-based RV park.
It's actually more like an RV Resort with its own casino, rather than a casino with an RV resort. That is, the casino is pretty small, and I would venture to guess that the RV resort brings in more money. Overall, the casino and RV resort is owned by a local Indian tribe. It looks like something that will eventually grow much larger.
Sash and I liked this place a lot. It's somewhat outside of town (Reno, NV), yet still close enough to proper amenities. Verizon cell signal came in strong, and allowed us to get our work done. There were always grocery stores, bars and restaurants close by.
There are lot of permanent residents here, but they all seem to keep their spaces looking neat and orderly, not all cluttered up with junk like other RV parks tend to allow. There is a pool and spa, and plenty of hiking trails. The laundry room offers plenty of machines, you'll never have to wait.
The RV resort sits right on the Nevada-California border. The resort itself is in Nevada, but all the hiking is in California.
The RV resort has a lot of rules, and when you first check-in, they will give you the run down on them all. However, after staying here for a week, it's pretty clear they don't enforce them. For one, the space we reserved didn't quite have enough room for my pickup truck, and they made it clear I could not park it anywhere else except for the guest parking lot by the office. However, I noticed many other RVers parking their trucks along side the driveways and grass areas. So, I ended up doing the same.
There are a lot of families with kids that stay here, yet they didn't make much noise. Once a week they cut the grass throughout the RV resort, and the rules do not allow anything to be on the grass during lawn cutting days, though I saw several RVers with their chairs and tables on the grass during that time.
Despite the lack of rule enforcement, Gold Ranch Casino & RV Resort remains rather orderly and clean. It seems the people who stay here are pretty respectful and keep to themselves.
I'd definitely stay here again if I came back to Reno and if I was still inclined to stay at an RV park.


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Tozer's Third Concern – Worship and Entertainment
by David on May 18, 2016 • 0 Comments
Perhaps Tozer used more ink on the topic of worship than on any other. As Tozer watched the heritage of Christianity being exchanged for a religion that sought credibility in its intellectualism and popularity through its pragmatism, he saw the ultimate casualty was Christian worship. For as genuine illumination of the Scriptures dissipates, and as fervent obedience to Christ's lordship weakens, what must suffer is the church's very concept of God. So he would write, "It is my opinion that the Christian conception of God current in these middle years of the 20th century is so decadent as to be utterly beneath the dignity of the Most High God and actually to constitute for professed believers something amounting to a moral calamity."
Pragmatists use whatever means to achieve their ends. The problem for a pragmatic Christian is that worship is not a means to some other end. Worship has no instrumental use. Worship is an end in itself. Indeed, it is the chief end of man. So, what does a pragmatic Christianity do with this activity, if the ends it is pursuing happen to be greater numbers, increased budgets, greater publicity, or an enlarged ministry? It faces a dilemma, for worship claims to be an end greater than these. The answer of 20th & 21st century Christianity has been to turn worship into a means for one of these other ends. Specifically, as Tozer pointed out, worship was now becoming a form of entertainment.
It is now common practice in most evangelical churches to offer the people, especially the young people, a maximum of entertainment and a minimum of serious instruction. It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God. One can only conclude that God's professed children are bored with Him, for they must be wooed to meeting with a stick of striped candy in the form of religious movies, games and refreshments.
This has influenced the whole pattern of church life, and even brought into being a new type of church architecture, designed to house the golden calf. (Man, the Dwelling Place of God)
Tozer knew then, as few seem to know today, that the act of adoration and admiration is very different from the act of amusement. Amusement, as Tozer meant the word, means mere time-wasting, passive boredom-relief with anything lightweight, banal or fun. Amusement, by this definition, cannot be serious, demanding, or humbling – all the things that the adoration of God must be. Tozer saw this in the atmosphere of the religious meetings, the abandonment of the hymns of Watts and Wesley for the hymns of Sankey and Peterson, the preference for the casual and informal over the sober in prayer and preaching, the entrance of the erotic and romantic into the music and lyrics of Christian songs, the popularity of games and the comic in Christian meetings, and the growing phenomenon of the religious movie. Tozer saw the sad irony that liberal churches retained the form of beauty while denying its power, and those that professed the supernatural gospel were capitulating to the cultural ugliness of popular culture.
Religious music has long ago fallen victim to this weak and twisted philosophy of godliness. Good hymnody has been betrayed and subverted by noisy, uncouth persons who have too long operated under the immunity afforded them by the timidity of the saints. The tragic result is that for one entire generation we have been rearing Christians who are in complete ignorance of the golden treasury of songs and hymns left us by the ages. The tin horn has been substituted for the silver trumpet, and our religious leaders have been afraid to protest.
It is ironic that the modernistic churches which deny the theology of the great hymns nevertheless sing them, and regenerated Christians who believe them are yet not singing them; in their stead are songs without theological content set to music without beauty.
Not our religious literature only and our hymnody have suffered from the notion that love to be true to itself must be silent in the presence of any and every abomination, but almost every phase of our church life has suffered also. Once a Bible and a hymnbook were enough to allow gospel Christians to express their joy in the public assembly, but now it requires tons of gadgets to satisfy the pagan appetites of persons who call themselves Christians. (The Size of the Soul)
The remedy for this is both simple and painful for the entertainment addict. Obtain a Bible and an older hymnbook. Meditate on God Himself in Scripture. Use the vehicle of the hymns of Watts, Wesley, Tersteegen, Gerhardt, Clairvaux, Newton, Faber to express (and shape expression of) admiration for God. Adore God for who He is. Understand that you will have to be silent, submissive, humble, and earnest. Know that the true experience of worship is "to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the First Cause but which we call Our Father Which Art in Heaven."
This will not drive out entertainment from the church, but it may do so for your own soul.
Tozer's Second Concern – Pragmatism
Tozer had the uncommon ability to step aside from his own culture, and see as alien what had become natural. Tozer saw that the pragmatic philosophy of Americans, which had brought such material success to the nation, was devastating the evangelical church. He wrote: "As one fairly familiar with the contemporary religious scene, I say without hesitation that a part, a very large part, of the activities carried on today in evangelical circles are not only influenced by pragmatism but almost completely controlled by it. Religious methodology is geared to it; it appears large in our youth meetings; magazines and books constantly glorify it; conventions are dominated by it; and the whole religious atmosphere is alive with it." ("Pragmatism Goes to Church", in God Tells the Man Who Cares.)
What was he referring to? What form did pragmatism take in the mid-twentieth century? The introduction of amusement into worship to make it familiar, fun, compelling and therefore popular. The replacement of the hymn heritage of the church with gospel songs, and singspiration hymns. The changing approach to youth ministry: segmenting the youth into herds, becoming a celebration of juvenility and silliness to make church fun and popular. The ministerial ambition for success, measured by the number of attendees, number of supposed converts, size of building programs, and size of annual budgets. The prevalent and increasing appeal of celebrityism, and the increasing place of publicity in Christian ministry. The commercialization of worship and discipleship and the subversion of the pulpit to pander to the tithers. This had begun in the 19th century, particularly under Charles Finney, picked up speed after the Civil War, gained impetus under D.L. Moody, Billy Sunday, and J. Frank Norris, and was by the mid-twentieth century, in Tozer's words, the makeup of the whole religious atmosphere.
Tozer saw further. He recognized that pragmatism eventually affects the gospel itself. If all things are judged by their utilitarian value, that soon enough happens to Christ. "That Utilitarian Christ" is an article Tozer wrote to warn that the American gospel was fast becoming a means to man's own selfish ends. "The New Cross", Tozer would say, does not slay men, but leaves the old man very much alive, ready to consume certain religious habits he finds attractive.
Tozer died in 1963. The Jesus Movement would begin by the late 60s. Larry Norman, considered the father of Christian Rock, would release his first Christian Rock album in 1969. Bill Hybels would establish Willow Creek in 1975. Hillsong would release "The Power of Your Love" in 1992. Rick Warren would write "The Purpose-Driven Church" in 1995. In 1999, Joel Osteen would take over at Lakewood Church. In 2005, Time magazine would list among its 25 most influential evangelicals Rick Warren, Ted Haggard, Joyce Meyer, T.D. Jakes, Billy Graham, Bill Hybels, James Dobson, and Brian McLaren. And in 1993, John MacArthur would write in his critique of pragmatism in the church, Ashamed of the Gospel, that what was now commonplace in the church was "staged wrestling matches, pie-fights, special-effects systems that can produce smoke, fire, sparks, and laser lights in the auditorium, punk-rockers, ventriloquists' dummies, dancers, weight-lifters, professional wrestlers, knife-throwers, body-builders, comedians, clowns, jugglers, rapmasters, show-business celebrities, reduced length of sermons, restaurants, ballrooms, roller-skating rinks, and more."
The last article Tozer wrote before his death was appropriately on the remedy for pragmatism. It was entitled, "The Waning Authority of Christ in the Churches". Imagine if we heeded these words, 53 years later:
"For the true Christian the one supreme test for the present soundness and ultimate worth of everything religious must be the place our Lord occupies in it. Is He Lord or symbol? Is He in charge of the project or merely one of the crew? Does He decide things or only help to carry out the plans of others? All religious activities, from the simplest act of an individual Christian to the ponderous and expensive operations of a whole denomination, may be proved by the answer to the question, Is Jesus Christ Lord in this act? Whether our works prove to be wood, hay and stubble or gold and silver and precious stones in that great day will depend upon the right answer to that question."

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(Late) Morning Wood: Cold, Damp and Lifeless
By Kyle Scott
If getting shit on by a bird is good luck, what is dropping your Cliff Lee bobblehead into a pile of puke? Because that's what happened to me last night in a scene that was oh-so congruent with the Phillies losing to the Dodgers on a cold, wet, and dreary night in South Philadelphia.
I had accidentally knocked the box carrying my bobblehead against my left knee, which sent it tumbling onto the sidewalk and into a pile of throw-up in the CBP Parking lot.
Ms. CB: Just let it go, Kyle. You can put mine in your new office, along with all the bobbleheads of aging, injured and non-existent Phillies.
Me: Nonsense! I didn't sit through three hours of miserable baseball only to leave behind Lee. He's coming home with me.
I turned and looked longinglee at my new collectible, which was staring right back at me with sad eyes and a still ironic chin.
I'm going back.
No, don't. That's gross.
It was too late. I was already walking toward the box, which was semi-covered in human regurgitant. Like Pedro Cerrano attending to an injured bird in Major League II, I was going to save my bobblesteed. I proceeded to remove the plastic innards from the box, leaving the dampened remains behind.
A lady walked up to it and said, "Hey, you know there's a trash can over there, right?"
"Yeah, lady, I see that. But the box is covered in puke," I said. "It's not happening."
The lady gave me evil eye. She inspected it closer, seemingly contemplating whether she should be Al Gore for the evening or not. She too then noticed what the box had fallen into and decided to walk on.
Anyway, there's not a point to that story, but it seemed to sum up a miserable night in South Philly. At least Lee was able to join his friends:
Let's Wood!
Breaking down the bobblehead, we find that it is mostly accurate. The motion is nearly perfect. The chin, ironic. And even Lee's pants-over-cleat look is represented here. But the beard is off. Lee has mostly black facial hair and a distinct swirly cowlick near the corners of each jaw. The bobblehead has the grain going in the opposite direction. We'll give it a 7 out of 10. Bonus points for a picture of Lee batting on the box, though. How often do you see that on a pitcher's bobblehead?
J-Roll™
Old Jimmy Rollins returned last night. After hearing it a bit when he popped out in the third inning, Rollins legged out a triple on a ball hit to left-center in the fifth. It was his FU moment of the night.
Joe Savery
Pitched two innings in a tie game last night. That is all.
Stars of the Game
The in-park Stars of the Game segment now features Ty Wigginton. Somehow, the ballpark ops folks found enough footage to fill two minutes without dipping into spring training highlights.
Sellout streak
Despite the empty seats, Phillies VP of Sales and Ticker Operations John Weber says the team is only selling 600 or 700 fewer tickets per game:
Last season, on the heels of signing Cliff Lee and while winning a club-record 102 games, Weber said the Phillies were at "103 or 104 percent" capacity – an average of more than 45,400. This year, Weber says, the team is still over capacity, but is selling "600 or 700 seats less than last year."
But he is quick to remind that the Phillies are doing extraordinarily well. "We are approaching 3.4 million tickets sold," he says. "I guarantee you that no team in baseball has that many tickets sold."
That quote part of a very candid interview Weber did with the Daily News.
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Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.
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Hopdevil June 5, 2012 at 12:40 pm
I was there minus the puke on my Cliff. They announced 45k+. Not even close to the actual gate. No way.
Matt from Morton June 5, 2012 at 1:41 pm
There were TONS of people standing under cover or in McFaddens (I was there with my wife as well last night). Dunno if it's enough to overcome the discrepancy between numbers and empty seats, but it's not inconceivable (INCON-THEE-VABLE!) that people bought game tix then stayed home because of the weather (who would blame em?).
Shiva H. Vishnu June 5, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Meanwhile, playing games that matter not in Philadelphia: Richards, Carter, Gagne, Williams. Four first-round picks.
Golfing: Voracek, Simmonds, Schenn, Couturier.
Whereabouts unknown: Danny Markov, Matt Walker
bitch betta have mah HONEY June 5, 2012 at 3:18 pm
we've been had. team buys tickets and resells on stub hub/through venders. alot've teams do this.
that new tv contract coming up in the next few years is going to be huge. if they can't clean up from that because of downward spiraling team…shit will get real, very, very quickly.
boom June 5, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@bitch betta have mah HONEY
shittier teams with smaller markets have gotten huge tv deals, just because the phillies arent selling out doesnt equal to the stands being mostly empty and attendance of games has nothing to do with people watching games at home, which is still a very high number, which is what is going to drive the tv deal.
as long as this team has the names of utley, howard, halladay, hamels(i pray), lee, ruiz, papelbon, pence in the mix, people are going to keep watching the team until it comes time for the new tv deal.
@Shiva H. Vishnu
and if the richards and carter deals aren't made, both richards and carter are golfing with the rest of the flyers after losing to the penguins in the playoffs, like they always they did.
F Boston June 5, 2012 at 7:31 pm
@ Boom….Boom! Took the words out of my mouth. Too many morons still think Carts & Richie were traded together. I'm not anti these guys but come on, what's going on in LALA land does not mean it would have happened here
Also, empty seats don't mean those tickets weren't sold out. Shit happens, people don't go. End of the day, keeping the sell out streak going is good. Get to summer, kids out of school, consistently better weather etc, butts in seats won't be an issue.
@ boom:
I understand your optimism, but…
Utley is cooked. His situation will be exactly what happened to brandon roy, but more drawn out because both he and the organization are in denial. Howard had a piece of his achilles removed. muscle or tendon, we aren't starfish and that shit doesn't just magically regenerate. not sure what sort of expectations people have for howard, but his power will not be the same, period. hamels? would you stay here for a team that has no offense, in the prime of your career, when a younger, better team will pay you more to be closer to your home?
If you think the attendance doesn't reflect overall TV ratings, I would say you're wrong. It's already summer. Kids are already home. They're "selling out", but I still haven't seen the stadium packed (I've been to 6 games, 2 more recently). I'm just saying, it's not a given they land a huge deal. They can't be complacent with: a) a hitter to appease cole and b) cole.
Uncle Meat June 6, 2012 at 11:42 am
Kyle, don't feel bad bout the bobble. A lot of them were cooked before they were even given out because apparently someone left them out in the rain. The boxes were water damaged.
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COLJUEGOS licenced operator to have full access to Betsoft's award-winning slots' portfolio
Award-winning content provider Betsoft Gaming has reinforced its presence in the LATAM market through latest signing with Colombia-based operator Yajuego.
The Colombia specific deal sees Yajuego gain full access to Betsoft's diverse and comprehensive games portfolio.
Betsoft Gaming is a highly regulated content provider. Renowned globally for its cinematic animation quality, innovation and customer service, it is a significant partner for both emerging and established platforms to attract and retain demanding and increasingly sophisticated audiences. Furthermore, Betsoft has successfully completed two ISMS audits this year, allowing it to operate in Colombia and Spain.
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Gratitude and the Good Life
Gratitude and the Good Life pp 159-174 | Cite as
Does Gratitude Enhance Coping Ability?
Philip C. Watkins
First Online: 02 August 2013
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In this chapter I investigate whether gratitude enhances well-being through promoting effective coping. New evidence suggests that positive emotion may be important in dealing with trauma. After reviewing the mechanisms by which positive emotion may benefit coping, I then turn to how gratitude may specifically provide benefits for coping. I first review literature showing that people often experience gratitude in the wake of trauma. Thus, if gratitude is an effective coping tool, it should be available to individuals in stressful situations. Research from a wide array of studies shows that effective coping is one of the most salient features of grateful people. I explore the "how" of grateful coping, and show that one reason that grateful people cope so effectively is because they positively reappraise negative events. I conclude by describing an experimental study showing how grateful processing of bad events helps bring closure, and decreases the negative affect and the intrusiveness associated with troubling memories.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Where we find difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.
It is possible to avoid all problems in life, to live a cowlike existence of tranquility and peace without sweat of any kind. This can be easily accomplished by having a prefrontal lobotomy or by perpetually ingesting alcohol, narcotics, or tranquilizers.
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Google recently rolled out Android P Beta 2, or Developer Preview 3, as it is also known, to their Pixel devices. This update comes with a host of exciting features for developers such as Final APIs and a Clear All button.
It also confirms the suspicion that Android P is going to be the official Android 9. Now, besides all of these features meant for developers, Google also added 157 new emojis that span from gender-neutral families to cute animal and more face emoticons. If you do not have a Pixel device, but you want to have these emojis, then this is the guide for you. Thanks to one of the Senior Members of XDA, joeyhuab, we now have a Magisk module that will allow you to use these emojis on any Android Device.
First of all, this method employs the Magisk module, as we have already mentioned which means that your device has to be rooted in it. Keep that in mind before you start this process.
The first thing that you have to do after you made sure that your phone is rooted with the Magisk module is to download the Android P Fonts and Emojis Magisk Module which you can find on Xda-developers for free. After you did that, the next step is to open up the Magisk Manager and tap on the hamburger menu. Then you should tap on Modules.
Tap on the "+" and navigate to the folder where you downloaded the before mentioned module. After you have found it select it and Magisk will start to do the work for you. It will begin to flash the module onto your device. When it has finished, you then have to tap on the Reboot button which you will find on the bottom-right side of your device. And that is about it.
Now you are the proud owner of the freshly released new set of emojis from Google. Start to look and sort through all the latest 157 emojis and decide which your favorites are. It is tough to settle on one since most of these emojis are quite lovely. You now have the power to use them as you wish in your conversations, add them to your status for an added flare or, really, just use them however you like and make the best out of this new feature.


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Q: How to put variable in dropdown menu correctly I have a variable known as $moduleHTML in my dropdownmenu, $moduleHTML outputs all the modules from a course. E.g. Course: ICT, Modules: Web Programming, Modern Database Applications, E-Commerce.
Now when I output $moduleHTML, it works out perfectly as it outputs all the modules from the course. But if I try to put $moduleHTML in a dropdown menu, it only outputs one module as an option in the drop down menu (which is Web Programming). How am I suppose to implement it so that it shows multiple modules as multiple options in the dropdown menu?
Below is code:
<?php
$query = "SELECT cm.CourseId, cm.ModuleId,
                     c.CourseName,
                     m.ModuleName
                     FROM Course c
                     INNER JOIN Course_Module cm ON c.CourseId = cm.CourseId
                     JOIN Module m ON cm.ModuleId = m.ModuleId
                     WHERE
                     (c.CourseId = '".mysql_real_escape_string($courseid)."')
                     ORDER BY c.CourseName, m.ModuleId";

$num = mysql_num_rows($result = mysql_query($query));
$dataArray = array();

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    $dataArray[$row['CourseId']]['CourseName'] = $row['CourseName'];
    $dataArray[$row['CourseId']]['Modules'][$row['ModuleId']]['ModuleName'] = $row['ModuleName'];
}

foreach ($dataArray as $courseId => $courseData) {
    $output = "";
    $output .= "
Course: " . $courseId .  " - "  . $courseData['CourseName'] . "
";

    foreach ($courseData['Modules'] as $moduleId => $moduleData) {
        // elaborate module data
        $moduleHTML = "";
        $moduleHTML .= "
" . $moduleId . " - " . $moduleData['ModuleName'] ."
";
         $output .= $moduleHTML;
    }
}

echo $output;
?>

<form action="create_session.php" method="post" name="sessionform">

        7: Module:
        <select name="module" class="modulesDrop">
             <option value=""><?php echo $moduleHTML; ?></option>

</form>

A: Every module should have it's own option.
You're putting the full HTML into one option now.
With a simple loop you can go through all modules and put them between options , put this inside the select tags.
foreach ($courseData['Modules'] as $moduleId => $moduleData) {
  echo '<option value="">'.$moduleId.' - '.$moduleData['ModuleName'].'</option>';
}

This way you will get an option for every module looped through.

A: Run a foreach to create an option element for each module:
foreach ($dataArray as $courseId => $courseData)
{
    foreach ($courseData['Modules'] as $moduleId => $moduleData)
    {
        echo '<option value="' . $moduleId . '">' . $moduleData['ModuleName'] . '</option>';
    }
}

A: You have to do it in the same way:
$output = '<select name="module" class="modulesDrop">'.PHP_EOL;
foreach ($courseData['Modules'] as $moduleId => $moduleData) {
             $output .= "<option value=".$moduleId.">".$moduleData."</option>".PHP_EOL;
         }
     }
$output .= '</select>';

Should show a dropdown :)

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Changing your Beliefs: When something in our life makes us unhappy, we often attempt to change the outer circumstances: quit the job, get a divorce, move to another city, go on a diet.
When something in our life makes us unhappy, we often attempt to change the outer circumstances: quit the job, get a divorce, move to another city, go on a diet. We have been taught to fix things outside of us, when we really need to change our inner beliefs. If we don't change our beliefs, we create the same circumstances again and again. When the same situations keep occurring, this only reinforces our belief that this is the only reality there is. It's and endless cycle until we stop the process by questioning and changing our beliefs.
To change your experience, you need to change your beliefs. It does no good to try to change other people or outer circumstances because your beliefs will continue to create the same circumstances in your life. You can leave an unhappy relationship or quit an unpleasant job, but if you maintain the same beliefs, you will continue to attract similar situations and people no matter where you go. You simply can't run away from you. Your life is a mirror of your beliefs.
For example, if you have a habit of choosing partners who are emotionally wounded, you will most likely continue this pattern until you change your need to rescue others. If you are not feeling appreciated at your place of employment, chances are you will experience similar circumstances at other jobs as well. This is not to say you should never change jobs or get a divorce; your job or your marriage may no longer support who you are. But you must realize that changing jobs or partners does not guarantee that you will solve your problems.
You can walk away from your current "mirror," but you will still see your own reflection when you stand in front of the next one. You must change who you are in order to see a new reflection in the mirror.
Only when you change some of your beliefs before you enter into a new chapter in your life, will you create a new experience. Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2014!


A series of unrelated events has put the Long Beach State men's water polo program in uncharted waters.
LBSU hosted and won the Golden Coast Conference Tournament last weekend at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. The 10-6 victory over top-seeded Pacific in the championship game qualified LBSU for its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1991.
The Beach hosts Pomona-Pitzer for the play-in game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, and the winner advances to the quarterfinals against UC San Diego at Stanford next weekend.
LBSU (13-11) didn't have a good season in terms of overall record. The 49ers lost 10 of 11 consecutive games in October to finish with their worst win total in three years. However, they turned it all around on November 2 at Pacific.
Austin Stevenson wasn't supposed to play in that game against the Tigers. The senior defender had suffered an arm injury in September, and worked hard for a month to rehab in time for conference play.
Stevenson was an All-American water polo player at Bella Vista High school before playing in 99 games over four seasons at LBSU. The 6'3" 200-pound senior scored 27 goals this year, and collected a team-high nine steals in five conference games.
LBSU gave up a lead with 30 seconds left in regulation at Pacific, but goals from freshman Garrett Zaan and senior Max Cusator in overtime lifted the Beach to a season-changing 14-13 victory.
Nine players scored goals against the Tigers, while Cusator and freshman Theodoros Pateros netted hat tricks. The victory started LBSU's current six-game winning streak.
"I personally love a system attack," Arroyo said. His team didn't have a player ranked in the GCC top five for any major statistical category.
LBSU sophomore goalkeeper Marwan Darwish was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, where he played handball, tennis, judo and water polo. The country is not known for water polo, but a local neighbor that Darwish looked up to convinced him to play.
Darwish knew he wanted to study abroad and play water polo, but didn't get quality responses from schools such as LBSU. So, the 5'11" undersized goalie just applied to LBSU and showed up on the pool deck almost two years ago. Arroyo gave Darwish a two-week tryout, and he won the backup goalie job.
Darwish made the GCC All-Freshman Team last season, and then stepped up this season to fill in after the departure of starting goalkeeper Thomas Freeman.
Darwish made 24 saves in the two GCC tournament games last weekend to earn the tournament MVP award.
Defending GCC champions Pepperdine had planned on hosting the conference tournament until the recent wild fires reached Malibu. GCC commissioner Mike Daniels reached out to LBSU Andy Fee to set up the contingency plan, and a GCC conference call on Tuesday finalized the site change.
Fee credited LBSU Senior Associate Athletics Directors Ashlie Kite and Mark Edrington and their staffs specifically for finding a way to host four other teams for five games in three days. LBSU essentially donated its staff to run the event.
It was an emotional start for everyone when LBSU opened the tournament against displaced Pepperdine.
No. 3 seed LBSU upset No. 2 Pepperdine on Friday in the semifinal thanks to a game-winning goal from Theodoros Pateros with 23 seconds left in regulation. Darwish had 15 saves in the 5-4 victory that set up a rematch with top-seeded Pacific in the championship game on Sunday.
LBSU and Pacific were tied 4-4 at halftime before Cusator, Pateros and junior Austin Stewart scored consecutive goals in the third quarter. The Beach ended up outscoring the Tigers 6-2 in the second half, and Stewart finished with a game-high four goals in the 10-6 win. He has a team-high 50 goals this season, and said this team has been more structured and committed than LBSU teams of the recent past.
The conference championship is the seventh for LBSU, and the NCAA appearance is the 12th since the program started in 1969, but all of that happened more than 10 years before the current players were born.
Since then, as a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, LBSU had to compete every week with the best and well-funded teams in the nation. This is the third year of the GCC, but the Beach will have to face top teams again at Stanford if they advance.
Arroyo and Pomona-Pitzer coach Alex Rodriguez have worked together with the United State Men's National Team, so the play-in game on Saturday will be a chess match between familiar foes.
Pomona-Pitzer (24-8) won its third consecutive SCIAC Championship last weekend, and is led by Sam Sasaki's 44 goals and 41 assists. The Sagehens are on a seven-game winning streak.


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Madrid, 1980 as seen in El Crack (José Luis Garci, 1981)
March 24, 2022 UncategorizedAlmodóvar, El Crack, José Luis Garci, MadridNotesonFilm1
Madrid after Franco and before Colonel Tejero's attempted coup in 1981. Filmed for a noir, El Crack (1981) so the bleakness is expected. Still, the decrepitude of the buildings, the dirt, speak of a certain legacy of the dictatorship, now overcome and at the risk of being forgotten. The run-down-ness of it all is evident in other — lighter, comedic — works of the era such as Almodóvar's What Have I Done to Deserve This or Trailer for Lovers of the Forbidden. This is just a supercut, which I hope to do more with at some point, but here just as a record.
A friend of mine commented that what he saw in the film didn't look that bad to him. But the film shows us the grandest parts of the city and still one sees about 30 years of grime on all the official building. Then there's the cars, the garbage on the streets, the relative lack of traffic, etc. It's the sight of a once imperial city reduced to 'second world' status. It's all glossier now. See for example below in the background the Cine Doré on left side of the street near the centre of the frame:
..and see how it is today (and how it appears in Almodóvar's Talk To Her. It's where Benigno goes to see The Incredible Shrinking Lover:
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Philip Glass and colleagues take a tour of his chamber music at SFJazz
Entertainment // Music
Joshua Kosman
July 21, 2018 Updated: July 21, 2018 8:57 p.m.
Composer- pianist Philip Glass played as part of a program at SFJazz devoted to his many short intimate chamber pieces. Glass was joined by cellist Matt Haimovitz and harpist Lavinia Meijer as the trio toured the com poser's vast catalog of works.Fernando Aceves
Philip Glass' music has its very obvious thumbprints, which is why you can always spot one of his compositions instantly (unless it's the work of a Glass imitator). But within that set of compositional concerns lies a vast world of subtle variations.
So an evening of many of the composer's short pieces, like the one presented on Friday, July 20, at SFJazz, can be at once homogeneous and full of surprises. With Glass, you always know more or less what you're going to get — repetitive figuration, moody minor harmonies, an occasional sinuous melody — but the rewards are in the details.
Friday's concert was the second of two programs devoted to Glass' intimate chamber pieces, with the composer at the piano joined by cellist Matt Haimovitz and harpist Lavinia Meijer. Separately and together, the three musicians led a tour — sometimes halting, sometimes luminously expressive — through various byways of Glass' vast catalog.
Perhaps the most obviously charming aspect of the program was its ragtag character — the sense that it was an assemblage of pieces that were playable (whether by original design or through apt arrangement) by this unorthodox collection of instruments. The fact that there was no overall agenda or consistent plotline lent the proceedings a shambling, warm intimacy.
Several of the pieces fed directly into that sensation, particularly a pair of gorgeously evocative pieces that Glass composed for a production of Jean Genet's play "The Screens." In gentle, insinuating performances by the trio, the delicate rhythms of "The Orchard" and the sweet harmonies of "The French Lieutenant" (presented as an encore) cast an irresistible spell.
The opportunity to hear Glass' music in unusual instrumental guises was also a treat. Meijer's superb renditions of some of the composer's music for solo piano — excerpts from the sound track for "The Hours," or the Etude No. 12 — shed new and sometimes revelatory light on music that has long been understood only in its original version.
And Haimovitz's performances of pieces for solo cello underscored the historical consciousness that runs through more of Glass' work than his detractors are willing to acknowledge. The Partita No. 2 and another solo piece, not identified in the program, find Glass adapting Bach's expansive melodies and brisk figuration into his own image; the connection felt even more palpable with Haimovitz's fluid account of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
The evening's one unfortunate aspect was the awkward fact that Glass' skills as a pianist have never been equal to the task of interpreting his own music to the fullest, and they seem to be getting weaker with time. He opened the program with a performance of the iconic "Mad Rush" that was a medley of missed notes and misplaced rhythms, and there was a vagueness about even his most elemental contributions to the chamber works. There's something to be said for the star power of having the man himself onstage, but even more for hearing his music played with full precision and eloquence.
Joshua Kosman is The San Francisco Chronicle's music critic. Email: jkosman@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JoshuaKosman
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Hair Ice and Fungi's Involvement
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Hair Ice was first observed by continental drift discoverer, Alfred Wegener in 1918. A rare type of ice formation, Hair Ice grows exclusively on dead wood and he theorised it was due to some sort of fungal growth. Almost 100 years later, science has the answers.
Wegner theorised it was due to a fungi but it wasn't until 2015 where German and Swiss scientists Hofmann, Mätzler and Preuß found the cause of hair ice, linking its formation to the presence of a specific fungus called Exidiopsis effusa.
Exidiopsis effusa is part of the Auriculariaceae family which contain 7 genera and over 100 species which usually live on dead, fallen or rotting woods.
In the study, Preuß examined samples of dead wood that had previously grown hair ice from the winters of 2012, 2013 and 2014 in forests near Brachbach in western Germany. Preuß placed these under a microscope and found 11 different species of fungi. When the Hair Ice was investigated microscopically Preuß found Exidiopsis effusa on every hair ice sample examined by her and she was able to disable the fungus with fungicide and prevent hair ice forming.
The presence of the Exidiopsis effusa led to a process called 'ice segregation'. Which is where water in the wood begins to freeze and it creates a barrier that traps liquid between the ice and the pores of the wood.
This created a suction force which pushes water out of the pores to the edge of the ice surface where it freezes and extends outwards. As this repeats it pushes a thin 'hair' of ice out of the wood which is around 0.01 mm in diameter, an inhibitor similar to antifreeze proteins present in the fungus allows the strands of ice to stabilise over several hours sometimes days.
The researchers also found that the root of the hair ice, called a crystallization nucleus, is likely composed of lignin and tannin. Lignin is found in vascular plants like mosses and conifers and help give wood its hardness and resistance to rotting. Tannin also occurs widely in vascular plants and protects plants from herbivores who dislike its bitter taste.
According to The Met Office, "The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, hence the relative scarcity of sightings. To form, moist rotting wood from a broadleaf tree is required with the presence of moist air and a temperature slightly below 0 °C. It is generally confined to latitudes between 45°N and 55°N."
"The same amount of ice is produced on wood with or without fungal activity, but without this activity, the ice forms a crustlike structure," Christian Mätzler.
It's worth noting if you go out looking for it in the right conditions that Hair Ice is very rare and it will grow mostly at night and melt in the morning sun. It grows only at the mouth of wood rays and never on the bark and their thickness is similar to the diameter of the wood ray channels. A piece of wood that produces hair ice once may continue to produce it over several years so if you do see some it's worth revisiting it the next year.
For those interested in some hardcore science Biogeoscience have the original publication by the scientists on: Evidence for biological shaping of hair ice
Zoe Wilderspin
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Good point I didnt even think about that. Just turn up with a mug and see if they are kind enough to fill it lol. I have heard that we get access to the staff mess so can get a hot meal and drinks etc and its supposed to be stupidly cheap. Like £3 for a mug of tea and a huge meal.
I have heard that people all have their own mugs and take in their own coffee, tea bags etc.
I'm gonna take lunch just in case. We don't know what there plan is for us tomorrow. Just going to take a bowl of pasta and a bottle of drink. And a bit of change incase we get the opportunity for a tea or a coffee or something.
Yeah I'm just taking sandwiches incase there aren't any facilities to heat food up.
From what I gathered uniform was going to be priority for tomorrow and form filling in etc. And getting a parking pass.
I'm lookong forward to getting my uniform!
Thanks K123. I'll be updating tomorrow evening.
Is everybody ready? I think im sorted I have my photos and driving licence. Apart from food etc is there anything else I need to take. I have a weird feeling im forgetting something.
Ive just arrived....... good luck everyone.
Currently on my hour and 15 lunch break don't know what to do with myself!!
Hope everyone else is having a fab first day!
Ive just got finished. Loved it. Been for a tour of the facilities and drawn key etc. Some more talks in the morning then shadowing for the afternoon. Hope everybodys day was as good as mine.
Great day. No key/security today. Mostly shadowing and uniform. Spoke to a few long serving prison officers and it ain't all bad. They wanted to pass on a few helpful tips etc.


Pickling fruits and vegetables is a delicious way to utilize all the beautiful produce from your garden or the farmers market. You can pickle just about anything, which means you won't see an abundance of uneaten produce go to waste. Fresh produce will produce the crispiest texture. Pickling is about the vinegar and salt, not the sweetness so watch for recipes that call for more than ¼ cup of sugar. Salt helps balance flavors and draws water out of vegetables, which also improves the texture of pickled produce. You never want to substitute table salt for Kosher or Himalayan salt. Balance out your vinegar with water to keep flavors from being too harsh and biting. Your vinegar should have at least 4-6% acetic acid. Red wine vinegar will turn all your fruits and vegetables pink! Don't be afraid to use fresh herbs and to try new combinations. You'll find your favorite recipes have six to eight spices. Pickle your produce separately, as certain fruits and vegetables will be ready to eat at different rates. Softer items like onions and zucchini will pickle far more quickly than beets or carrots. Always take note of how long it took a batch to pickle so you know next time when they will be ready to eat! If they go too long the vinegar can become overwhelming and the fruits and vegetables will get droopy and soft.
You can use this brine with any type of vegetable, and the vinegars and spices can be easily interchanged.
´1 Tbsp. each of any of the following spices: fresh dill, fresh garlic, dried coriander seed, peppercorns, dry mustard, bay leaf, fennel, and cumin seeds. Or you can simply use 4 Tbsp. of Pickling Spice.
You can add/substitute Fennel Seeds, Juniper Berries, Cardamom Seeds, Celery Seeds or Star Anise!
Cut your vegetables into spears or desired shape and pack them into sterile glass jars. In a large saucepan, combine your spices and brine ingredients. Heat and stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. Pour brine over vegetables, put lids on jars, and allow them to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate your jars for at least 24 hours. They should keep in the refrigerator for about a month. Always label and date your pickles!
Sterilize your jars in hot water (above 185°F) and leave in hot water until they are ready to be filled. Try to keep canning water warm-120°F to 140°F. Cut your vegetables into spears or desired shape and pack them into sterile glass jars. In a large saucepan, combine your spices and brine ingredients. Heat and stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. Pour brine over vegetables, put lids on jars, and put them back into boiling water. Make sure the jars are covered by one inch of water. Boil jars for ten minutes. Remove jars and let cool and verify that they are sealed-the lid will be sucked down tightly. Wait at least 24 hours before consuming.
*Not all cucumber varieties are made to withstand brine. You want to look for cucumbers that are 4-5 inches long. They will be thicker and have a bumpy skin. They are commonly sold as "Kirby" or "Liberty" cucumbers. If you are looking for seeds to grow your own pickling cucumbers look for County Fair, National Pickling, Pickle Bush, Regal, and Saladin varieties.
Follow directions above for refrigerated or canned pickles.
Scoop melon from rinds, leaving ¼-1/2 inch of red flesh. Using a vegetable peeler take off the tough outer green layer of rind and then cut into cubes one inch in size. Bring all other ingredients to a boil over medium heat and hold boil for 60 seconds. Carefully add the watermelon rind and return to a boil before taking the pan off the heat. Let cool for 30 minutes. Place the watermelon rinds into jars and pour as much of the pickling juices as possible over them. Cover the jar and leave at room temperature for an additional 1 ½ hours. Place them in the refrigerator for 8 hours and enjoy! Consume within one month and always keep them refrigerated. These are delicious in a salad, with anything off the grill, or as a side dish with crumbled cheese of your choice. Cantaloupe, pumpkin, or winter squash rinds can be pickled in the same way!
10-25 fresh Organic Asparagus or Organic Beans-depending on size & enough to PACK into 3 pint-sized Mason Jars. Get as much in each jar as you can! Asparagus tops should point down in jar.
Blanch peaches in boiling water for about 2 minutes and then transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water. Let cool for 2 minutes and gently slide off peach skin with fingers. Halve peaches to remove pit and then cut into quarters. Combine ACV, water, sugar, honey and ginger and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low so it can simmer for about 4 minutes. Add peaches and cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes. Turn off heat and carefully remove peaches with a slotted spoon and place in glass jar with one cinnamon stick. Let pickling brine cool slightly and pour over peaches. (They will be ready to eat right away but will develop flavor if allowed to sit overnight.) Seal and store in the refrigerator for no longer than two weeks. These peaches can be canned, but need to be processed for 25 minutes in boiling water. You can also substitute this recipe with apples or pears!
Wash berries and remove stems. If larger than one inch across, halve or quarter them. Combine the vinegar with 1/3 cup distilled water, sugar, sea salt and black pepper in a pan over high heat and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar and salt dissolve. Place tarragon, thyme and lemon peel in a 1-liter jar and gently add berries. Pour the pickling brine over berries and let cool on counter until they reach room temperature. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour before eating. Eat on avocado toast, pair with a creamy cheese, add to salads, or eat right from the jar. Save the brine to make a fantastic vinaigrette.
Divide the sliced squash, onion, garlic, peppercorns, chili flakes, coriander, cilantro, limejuice and twists into three pint-sized mason jars. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the vinegar, water, salt and honey to a boil. Pour brine into jars, and press down on the vegetables until they are covered completely. Let cool, uncovered on counter to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for at least four hours. The best flavor will come after two days! These will keep in the refrigerator for 2 months.
Place the cherries in a stainless steel or glass bowl and cover with ACV. Gently shake the bowl to help cover cherries completely in vinegar. Cover tightly with lid or plastic wrap and let soak overnight. Drain the vinegar off of the cherries into a saucepan with a colander. Return cherries to bowl and cover. Add the sugar, water, and spices to the vinegar and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer pickling brine for 15 minutes. Remove pan from heat, cover and let cool completely. Stir in the kirsch and pour pickling brine over the cherries. Shake gently again to ensure they are all immersed and cover tightly. Let stand at room temperature for 3 days. Drain the liquid from the cherries back into the saucepan and bring to a boil. During this time, transfer cherries into 4 pint-sized mason jars. Once liquid is boiling, remove for heat, cover and let cool to room temperature. Pour pickling brine over cherries. Wipe rims of jars with a paper towel dipped in ACV and then fix the jars into place. Store in a cool, dark place for one month before eating. They will stay preserved for one year!
Wash beets and remove tops. Place in a large stockpot and cover with water 3 inches over the top. Bring to a boil at high heat and then lower temperature to maintain a slow rolling boil. Cook until beets are tender-about 40 minutes. If you like a crisper beet only boil for 25-30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Slip skins off with fingertips-this will stain your skin so you may want to use gloves. Slice beets evenly and set aside. Place the ACV, water, sea salt, allspice, pickling spice, honey and orange juice into a saucepan and bring to a boil and then lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Place the beets into canning jars with orange zest and freshly grated ginger. Pour the pickling brine over the beets, cover and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate one week before tasting. Pickled beets can last for up to 6 months in the refrigerator. You can use this brine for to make pickled eggs! Do not leave them in the brine for more than 3 days, as they will turn rubbery.


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Home> Countries> South America> Bolivia
Bolivia or officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil, to the southeast by Paraguay,
to the south by Argentina, to the southwest by Chile, and to the northwest by
Reason for naming the country
The name Bolivia comes from the Venezuelan military and political leader Simon Bolivar who led Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia to independence from Spain in 1825. He was also officially the first president of Bolivia.
Sucre (constitutional capital)
La Paz (administrative capital).
The Bolivian flag was adopted on October 31, 1851.
Bolivia declared its independence from Spain on August 17, 1825.
The Bolivian flag is composed of three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green and has the national coat of arms in the middle of the yellow band.
The red represents the bravery and bloodshed of the heroes and the soldiers
throughout history.
The yellow represents the mineral deposits and natural resources found
within the nation,
while the green is a symbol of the lush landscape and fertility.
Flag Facts:
- Sometimes, a variant flag is used as the civil flag, which is the horizontal tricolor but without the coat of arms.
- Even though the nation is landlocked, it has a naval ensign that is used on rivers and lakes.
- The nickname of Bolivia's flag is "La Tricolor," or "The Tricolor."
- The flag of Bolivia is similar to the flag of Ghana both are composed of three horizontal stripes of red, yellow, and green, and both of them has a symbol in the middle of the flag.
Spanish is the main and official language in the State of Bolivia.
There is linguistic diversity in Bolivia as a result of its multiculturalism. The Constitution of Bolivia is officially recognized in 37 languages as well as Spanish since it includes many different European, American, and Japanese nationalities, as well as English as the most unified language in the world.
The population also speaks Hindi because it is the most populous nation in Bolivia.
The main indigenous languages are Quechua, Aymara, and Guarani.
Bolivia is a secular country according to the Bolivian constitutional referendum.
In the past, Roman Catholicism has been recognized as a religion of the state.
The Bolivian Constitution provides for religious freedom and the government has no record of repressing other religions.
There are also followers of the Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and Baha'i faiths, as Bolivia has recorded a great number of atheists.
Boliviano.
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Government Regime
Republican presidential
In Bolivia, there are different types of climate depending on area and altitude.
In plains and lowlands, the climate is equatorial in the far north and tropical in the center-south, while in the plateau and the Andean mountain peaks, it's colder and generally quite dry.
Bolivia lies in the Southern Hemisphere, so its seasons are reversed in comparison with the Northern Hemisphere.
Bolivia's climate is completely different from one region to another, from the tropical regions of Eastern Yanos to the polar climate of the Andes.
Summer is hot, humid in the east, and dry in the west.
The best time to visit Bolivia in its entirety runs from June to mid-August: even though it's the coldest period at high altitudes, it's also the least hot at low altitudes, and above all, it's the driest and sunniest throughout the country.
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Q: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Management.Automation.PSObject' to type 'System.Array' Using the SCClient Powershell module, I'm trying to install an individual update from a list of updates in the Software Center.
I can create a variable like this:
$ids = Get-SCCLientPendingUpdate *server* | select-object updateid
and $ids will output something like:
UpdateID
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Site_siteid/SUM_446bbb5d-743f-486c-94dc-61c3dce48e75
Site_siteid/SUM_f444ac52-95a6-4a47-95bb-51c2694120fb
Site_siteid/SUM_426ce60a-8e6e-4c8d-ae46-a1329b0b6b2c

When I try to run the following:
Start-SCClientInstallUpdates *server* -updateid $ids[0]
I get an error stating:
MethodInvocationException: Exception calling "InstallUpdates" with "1" argument(s): "Unable to cast object of type 'System.Management.Automation.PSObject' to type 'System.Array'."

Not sure of a good way to deal with this, I was thinking of assigning each updateID to its own variable as a string, but there is no information that I could find to accomplish this and seems a little clunky anyways.  [string]$ids[0] outputs this:
@{UpdateID=Site_siteid/SUM_446bbb5d-743f-486c-94dc-61c3dce48e75}
I'm assuming this is part of the problem, but I can't figure out how to remove the "extra" stuff from it being an array, or how to save the original variable ($ids) differently.  I can reference a variable with -updateid $var if the variable is saved like this:
$var = "Site_siteid/SUM_446bbb5d-743f-486c-94dc-61c3dce48e75"
Maybe I'm going about this wrong or missing something simple I'm not sure, but I can't find this error anywhere online and the few things I tried to convert it to a string seems to still reference the thing as an array, so I don't know what I'm missing.
I've tried:
[string]$ids[0] $ids[0].updateid
setting $ids[0] to its own variable (same error as before)
$idarray = $ids | foreach {"$($_.UpdateID)"} and then using $idarray for the -updateid (same error, unable to cast object...to type 'system.array')
enclosing the variable in quotes ( -updateid "$ids[0]" , "$idarray" , etc.)


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Gioca nel ruolo di schiacciatore nello Al-Nasr Sports Club.

Carriera
La carriera di Patrick Schwagler inizia a livello scolastico con la formazione della sua scuola superiore, la Orchard Park High School. In seguito gioca anche a livello universitario, entrando a far parte della squadra della Princeton University, nella Division I NCAA: dopo aver giocato il torneo 2010, salta le due edizioni successive per prendere parte ad una missione umanitaria in Uganda, per poi tornare in campo per il torneo 2013 e concludere la propria carriera universitaria nell'edizione successiva.

Nella stagione 2014-15 firma il suo primo contratto professionistico, giocando nella Serie A2 italiana con la Pallavolo Azzurra Alessano. Successivamente gioca negli Emirati Arabi Uniti con lo Al-Nasr Sports Club.

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