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Anglers and Hunters question licensing changes
Area anglers and hunters have been tracking down MP Todd Smith to express concerns about changes to the licensing system. With deer and moose tags arriving in the mail, people are asking why their licences and cards are coming from the United States.
The Prince Edward Hastings MP says the Ministry of Natural Resources failed to properly notify hunters about a change in the licensing system that sees the personal information of Ontario hunters and anglers managed by the Tennessee firm Active Outdoors.
The company was awarded a major government contract to manage hunting and fishing licensing data of about 750,000 Ontarians when the province moved to its electronic system in January.
Last week at the Hastings County Plowing Match, Smith said the issue he spent the most time talking about with constituents was the concern expressed over the safety of their personal information being processed outside of Ontario.
"It was, without question the issue that I heard most last week at the Plowing Match," Smith said. "Local fishermen and hunters wanted to know how the government could undertake such a drastic change without informing them in advance."
Concerns were raised last spring in the legislature when Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP and PC Natural Resources Critic, Laurie Scott, raised these issues with the Minister of Natural Resources. Scott's concern at the time would be that information privacy provisions in the US Patriot Act would allow US Government officials to access the information of Ontario hunters and fishermen.
"I think that that our anglers and hunters deserve peace of mind." Smith added. "With those provisions of the Patriot Act hanging out there, they have questions that they deserve answers to. If the government had been proactive on this file, they could have had these answers last spring. But this government chose to hope that hunters simply wouldn't notice their information was being shipped to the States."
The province's new licensing system also allows anglers and hunters to purchase licences and related products at ServiceOntario outlets, over the phone and on the internet.
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Accompanying the exhibition in the Rudolf-Scharpf-Gallery Ludwigshafen from April 28th to July 22nd 2018.
Ingo Mittelstaedt (born in Berlin, 1978, lives in Berlin and Hamburg) creates staged photographs, which he partially combines with various objects into spatial installations and juxtaposes them with each other. In his picture arrangements he deals with various topics and picture materials, which can either originate from the museum context or depictions of everyday advertising brochures. Themes of showing, indicating, elevating and uncovering are always important for his choice of subjects. In so doing, Ingo Mittelstaedt explores in a humorous and enigmatic manner the possibilities and limits of the medium photography in his works.
Mittelstaedt has already had numerous institutional exhibitions. In 2009/2010 he was awarded the "gute aussichten – junge deutsche fotografie" prize; 2015 he received the New York-Scholarship from the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the Land of Lower Saxony.


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Small and mighty: What is there to do in Malta?
The great thing about Malta is how small it is, making it very easy to get around the island and see plenty of sights during your stay. OK, so that's not the only brilliant thing about Malta, but it does mean a holiday spent visiting attractions can also be relaxing, because the distances are so small and the little orange and white buses are so efficient.
If this is enough to convince you to visit this small Mediterranean island, then just imagine how excited you'll be to find out about all the attractions to see. From the stunning architecture of Valletta to Malta's incredible history and rocky coastline, there's a lot to explore.
Already a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage City, Valletta is likely to get even more attention in the next few years. That is because it is scheduled to be European Capital of Culture for 2018, an accolade that it more than deserves.
The Grand Harbour is the focal point of Valletta and it could even be argued its raison d'être. Here the Knights of Saint John held off the invading Ottoman Turks in 1565, centuries before it became the site of various important events in the Second World War. Look out across the water from the Upper Barracca Gardens or explore it on a boat tour.
Lascaris War Rooms
Valletta's bastion walls are certainly impressive, but so are the tunnels built within them. Originally they housed salves under the order of Saint John, but were put to good use as the headquarters of British and Allied Mediterranean forces in World War II. Find out about Malta's crucial role in the conflict while exploring the ops rooms, complete with maps, phones and plotting tables.
Grand Master's Palace
Used as the home of the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John between 1570 and 1798, when Napoleon overthrew the order, this palace highlights the luxurious life the head of the knights would have had. Throughout history it has maintained its position at the epicentre of power in Malta and houses the parliament and office of the president to this day.
St John's Co-Cathedral
One of the most important baroque buildings in the whole of Europe, it is impossible not to be overwhelmed by the attention to detail borne out in marble, gold and paint inside this church. All of this is hidden from the outside, which is incredibly plain, but step into the interior to be truly amazed.
Mnajdra and Hagar Qim
Prehistoric temples can be found throughout Malta, with all of them recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Among the most fascinating to visit are Mnajdra and Hagar Qim, both older and more developed than Stonehenge, they were built between 3600BC and 2500BC. Located just 500 metres apart, there is a visitors' centre and audio guide to explain the layout and significance of the two sites.
No longer standing alone in the landscape, the ancient temple of Tarxien is surrounded by modern buildings, but it still has some stunning secrets to divulge. Tarxien South is covered in intricate decoration and is where many of the carvings that are now located in the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta were discovered.
The fortified city of Mdina was the capital of Malta up until 1530 and is said to be where St Paul lived after being shipwrecked on the island. Narrow shady streets are lined with the palaces of noble families and an impressive cathedral and informative museum can also be found here. It is an interesting place to contrast with Valletta and should be visited by anyone interested in the history of Malta.


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Virat Kohli recalls when he felt 'it was end of world'; lauds Glenn Maxwell for setting right example
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Indore, First Published Nov 13, 2019, 4:08 PM IST
'I think what Glenn (Maxwell) has done is remarkable and he has set a right example for the cricketers all around the world that if you are not in the best frame of mind, you try, try and try but as human beings, you reach at a point when you need time away from the game,' Virat Kohli said
Indore: India captain Virat Kohli lauded Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for taking break from cricket due to mental health issues.
Ahead of India's first Test against Bangladesh, Kohli said what Maxwell has done was "remarkable". Maxwell recently said he will not play cricket to deal with "difficulties with mental health".
Also read: India-Bangladesh Test preview
"I think what Glenn has done is remarkable and he has set a right example for the cricketers all around the world that if you are not in the best frame of mind, you try, try and try but as human beings, you reach at a point when you need time away from the game," Kohli said in the pre-match press conference in Indore on Wednesday (November 13).
Also read: Glenn Maxwell takes break from cricket
Kohli then recalled his own struggles saying that it felt like 'it was the end of the world'.
"To be very honest, everyone is focused on what they need to do. It is difficult for anyone to figure out what is going around in another person's mind. I have gone through a phase in my career where I felt like it was the end of the world. In England 2014, I did not know what to do and what to say to anyone and how to speak and how to communicate," he said.
"I think what Glenn has done is remarkable and will set an example for cricketers all over the world" - Captain @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/YLHtigo0kD
"I could not have said I am not feeling great mentally and I need to get away from the game because you never know how it is taken. So, it think these things should be of great importance because if you think that a player is important enough for the team or Indian cricket to go forward. I think they should be looked after," he added.
Kohli further stated that such disclosures do not mean that a player gave up but it is only to gain more clarity.
"Not like you give up but just to gain more clarity. In my opinion, it is quite acceptable and a nice thing to do. I think these things should be respected and not taken in a negative way at all because it is nothing to do with what you do on the field, it is just not having the capacity anymore to deal with things which I think can happen to any person," Kohli said.
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How Can We Resist Commodification Of The Arts? – Laura Flanders Show
Yoav Litvin on societal devaluation of art and creation, and avenues for resistance.
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The next Parish Council meeting will be held on TUESDAY 3rd September 2019 at 7.30pm in Seer Green Baptist Church in Wood Pond Close. Members of the public have the opportunity to address the Council during the Open Session (which is the first 15 minutes of the Parish Council meeting).
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return for Seer Green Parish Council Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2019.
On the 18th September 2015, Seer Green Parish Council submitted an application to Chiltern District Council seeking to declare the entire Parish of Seer Green as a Neighbourhood Area. The Council carried out a public consultation on the application from 25th September to 26th October 2015.
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Following the public consultation Chiltern District Council's Head of Sustainable Development, in consultation with the Local Ward Member and Portfolio holder for Sustainable Development, approved the application declaring Seer Green Parish area as a Neighbourhood Area on 5th November 2015. For further details please see the notice on Chiltern District Council's website:- http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/SeerGreen
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The winning villages in the 2013 Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village Competition, organised by the Bucks & Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils (BMKALC), have been revealed and we are pleased to report that Seer Green has won the DeFraine Cup (in the medium villages category).
The DeFraine Cup was presented by the Lord Lieutenant Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher to Cllr Dennis Scourfield on Saturday 14th September in Seer Green.
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The competition is sponsored by Bucks County Council, Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe District Councils and Motts Coaches.
The Beaconsfield and Amersham offices of international real estate adviser Savills have also kindly sponsored the competition's Community Award again this year and we are pleased to report that Seer Green is this year's winner. Seer Green won for showing the most evidence of community effort in achieving best kept village status. The Award was presented by Claire Pincott, Andrew Cronan and Mike Lillitou from Savills to Cllr Dennis Scourfield and the Parish Clerk
Seer Green has also won the Leofwine Shield 2013.
This is awarded annually to the town or village within the District achieving the highest number of points in the Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village Competition.
Competition chairman, Richard Pushman commented: "The Best Kept Village Competition remains as popular as ever. Our judges were impressed with the standard of entries and highlighted that Buckinghamshire as a whole, and not just the Best Kept Villages, is in remarkably great shape. Well done to all those litter pickers and volunteers who make such an effort to keep their communities tidy."
The competition awards are for BEST KEPT villages, NOT beautiful villages. Care, cleanliness, maintenance and community effort were what the judges were looking for when they visited the villages in June.
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Illinois Policy Institute's July forecast: Continued tax hikes and costly conditions on the roads
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Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) estimates that the $45 billion infrastructure plan Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law will mean hundreds of dollars more in annual car costs for most Illinois motorists by virtue of the state's gas tax doubling to 38 cents, and vehicle registration fees jumping to $148 as of July 1.
While some of the motor-cost tax hikes are reported to be among the state's steepest increases this summer – with the gas tax alone expected to raise as much as $1.2 billion – they're hardly the only ones. Taxes on cigarettes, e-cigarettes, parking and real-estate transfers also went into effect on July 1.
The hikes are projected to raise Illinois' total gas tax burden to the third-highest in the country, and that could be only the start if local governments decide to make good on the increased taxing authority afforded them under a plan that is tied to inflation, and could see increases on an annual basis. Illinois is already one of just seven states to hit motorists with both a general sales taxes and special excise taxes on gas at both the state and local levels. Motorists are also on the hook to pay higher license plate sticker fees beginning in 2020.
With that, IPI projects all those increases are more than enough to offset all of the promised income tax savings being sold by Pritzker as part of his "fair tax" plan, which voters are set to weigh in on at the polls in November 2020.
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Home Newsroom News and press releases State education standards in Kazakhstan's water management sector focus of OSCE roundtable discussion
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ASTANA 14 March 2017
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ASTANA, 14 March 2017 – Enhancing state education standards in the water sector is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion for some 25 representatives of Kazakhstan's Parliament, national water authorities, water basin councils, academia and international organizations that began today in Astana.
The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in partnership with the Water Resources Committee of the Agriculture Ministry and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Executive Directorate in the Republic of Kazakhstan (IFAS).
The participants examined curricula on water resources management and discussed gaps in the national water management education system. IFAS presented a study on the state of water resources education at Kazakhstan's academic establishments as well as a set of recommendations for further improvement. It is expected that the document will undergo the Education Ministry's further examination for final approval by fall, 2017.
"Currently, graduates of universities focusing on water resources management don't acquire the necessary level of knowledge and skills necessary for work in this field. Therefore, it is very important to pay special attention to the system of higher education: the level of material and technical support, personnel, as well as the quality of educational programs," said Irina Smirnova, Deputy of the Mazhilis (lower house) of Kazakhstan's Parliament.
"Building the younger generation's capacity is an important part of promoting sustainable water resources management in line with best international educational standards," said Ambassador György Szabó, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. "In view of the fact that both Kazakhstan and the OSCE have made water governance a key priority, we intend to continue supporting the enhancement of water education curricula and addressing challenges to environmental sustainability."
The event is part of the Office's long-term efforts to introduce integrated water resources management principles into the national water framework and enhance the capacity of state institutions in the area of water governance.
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When you are about to design your living room where all the family members gather to do different entertaining activities and enjoy discussing issues together, you have to decide what style suits your taste perfectly. If you want to feel warm and familial atmosphere with beauty and elegant look, the traditional one is the best one to fit your needs and taste.
The traditional living room is easy to be designed with simple steps to get a stylish and warm room as well. First, you should pay attention to the color you want, the traditional style is characterized by the earthy tone and warm shades. The color includes everything in the room from the wall to the floor and furniture.
You should contrast them all perfectly to add the traditional warm touch. These colors should be bright colors too because it is the room where you will experience the family spirit with laughter and the gathering of all the memories. Yellow, red, orange or cream, brown can go well with the traditional style.
After you have already decided your color scheme, it is time to look for an appropriate furniture which has to be comfortable and elegant as well. The wood is the key element within the traditional style. The traditional furniture varies in shape, design and the wood type. The dark wooden furniture which is durable, good quality material and elegant is the perfect one for the traditional living room. The dark wooden furniture can have some artistic engravings which will add a unique and elegant look. The traditional furniture is numerous as sofas, chairs, table and so on.
The traditional living room has to be well illuminated by the right light fixtures to be comfortable place with warm atmosphere. The Carved Candlestick Wood Lamp will be ideal for your living room tables and will add elegant touch too. Don't forget the amazing touch of the other accessories like area rug, throw pillow, wall art pictures, flower vase, etc.
With these simple steps and with your research online or via magazines, you can create your dream traditional living room.


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Q: Developer Portal ID in xcodebuild My Apple Developer Account is on multiple teams and that is causing a problem in regards to getting the xcodebuild to run.
Here is the command that I am running.
xcodebuild -workspace <name>.xcworkspace -scheme "<my scheme>"
And the error that I am getting is...
Error Domain=IDECapabilitiesErrorDomain Code=1 "The operation requires a selected developer portal team."
I have tried setting the DEVELOPMENT_TEAM and CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY variables manually, but to no avail. I have also attempted to use the fastlane (with match, sigh, and cert) but that did not work as well. I was wondering if anyone knew a workaround for this situation. By the way, I am running this on Jenkins.

A: It sounds like you don't have a provision profile selected in the project that you're trying to build, or perhaps don't have a team selected in one of your targets.
Open the project in Xcode and go into the build settings for the project. Make sure that you've got a developer profile selected for both the debug and release cases. Then select each of the build targets in the project and make sure that you've got a team, provision profile, and developer certificate selected. (If you've turned on automatic signing, you just need to select the team, and Xcode will take care of the others.)
Those settings are saved in the project file and will remain in effect when you build with xcodebuild.

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Джеймс Уесли Марстърс (, роден на 20 август 1962 г.) е американски актьор и музикант, най-добре познат с ролята си на известния платиненорус вампир Спайк, герой в телевизионния сериал "Бъфи, убийцата на вампири" и базирания на него сериал "Ейнджъл".

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Той е роден в Грийнвил, Калифорния и израства с брат си и сестра си в Модесто, Калифорния. Мечтае да стане актьор, откакто участва в училищна пиеса в четвърти клас. Присъединява се към театралната група на Гимназия "Дейвис", участвайки в множество пиеси и мюзикъли. От 1980 до 1982 г. учи в Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, а от 1982 до 1984 г. – в Julliard Drama School. В свое интервю по радиото, Марстърс се изказва много негативно за Julliard, откъдето бил "общо – взето, изритан", твърдейки, че там не се интересуват дали ще забавляват публиката или не и не е "училище за актьорско майсторство, а училище за говорене". Въпреки това казва, че са били много добри, що се отнася до танци и музика.

Кариера
Марстърс се мести в Чикаго, където получава първата си професионална роля като Фердинанд в "The Tempest" през 1987 г. През 1989 г. е номиниран за наградата Джоузеф Джеферсън за главната си роля в драмата "Животът, смъртта и мечтите на Максимилиан де Робспиер". През 1990 г. заминава за Сиатъл и там основава театър New Mercury, заедно с Лиан Дейвидсън и Грег Мюзик и участва в много пиеси. През 1992 г. Марстерс получава първата си роля в телевизионен сериал "Северно изложение". Същевременно гостува в други сериали като "Андромеда" и независимите филми "Chance" (2002 г.), "Winding Roads" (1999 г.) и "Cool Money" (2005 г.) В края на 2005 г. Марстърс започва снимките на трилъра "Shadow Puppets". По същото време се появява в сериала "Смолвил" в ролята на д-р Милтън Файн, както и представя своя съкратена версия на "Макбет" от Шекспир.

Марстърс участва и във филма "Послепис: Обичам те", заедно с Кати Бейтс, Хилари Суонк и Джерард Бътлър.

Марстърс като Спайк
Забележителното и посрещнато с бурно одобрение изпълнение на Джеймс в телевизионния сериал "Бъфи, убийцата на вампири" е това, което привлича вниманието на широката аудитория. Моменталният радушен прием на феновете спасява героя му, за когото е предвидено да бъде убит още в ранните епизоди на поредицата. Спайк се появява за пръв път във втори сезон, а става постоянно действащо лице в четвърти сезон, като остава до края на сериала. След приключването на "Бъфи, убийцата на вампири", Марстерс пренася скандалния Спайк в сродното на "Бъфи" шоу "Ейнджъл" и отново става една от водещите фигури в сериала. Запитан откъде е получил вдъхновение за английския акцент на Спайк, Марстърс казва, че е от колегата му в "Бъфи, убийцата на вампири" Антъни Хед. Хед, родом от Камдън Таун, използва лек акцент в ролята на Джайлс, докато в действителност актьорът говори с по – дълбок лондонски акцент.

Музикална кариера
Преди да създаде своя собствена група, Марстърс дълги години свири с други групи или соло в барове и клубове. На тези изяви обикновено изпълнява песни на Том Уейтс, Нийл Йънг и Брус Спрингстийн. В музикалния епизод "Още веднъж, с чувство" от поредицата "Бъфи, убийцата на вампири" той също изпълнява няколко песни.

В периода 2003 – 2004 г. Марстърс е вокалист на рок групата "Ghost of the Robot". Дебютният им албум се нарича Mad Brilliant. Групата има много успешни участия, както и две турнета в Европа.

През октомври 2004 г. Марстърс започва соло кариера, прави турне в САЩ и през 2005 г. издава албум, наречен Civilized Man, в който десет от единадесетте песни са писани от самия него.

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Study: U.S. Firms Continue to be Cautious Regarding Cash and Short-term Investments
During the third quarter of 2021, U.S. business leaders continued to build cash and short-term investment holdings, though at a slower rate than the previous quarter, according to the AFP Corporate Cash Indicators®, (CCI), a quarterly survey of senior corporate treasury and finance executives conducted by AFP, underwritten by Wells Fargo Asset Management.
The latest CCI's quarter-over-quarter index decreased 22 points to +21, and the year-over-year indicator also decreased by 24 points to +21. These readings suggest that organizations are accumulating cash reserves at a gradual pace in both the past quarter and year.
Most organizations that increased cash holdings during the past quarter did so primarily due to improved business performance, while others were looking to preserve cash to safeguard against any upcoming uncertainty.
In early July, financial professionals signaled they were looking to build cash reserves during the quarter, as reported in the July 2021 CCI report. They kept to their word, though they accumulated cash at a slightly higher rate than anticipated. A significant share of companies attributes the expected increase in cash holdings in the last three months of 2021 to improved business performance, with a few business leaders reporting they would be building cash at their companies as a defensive measure to safeguard against uncertainty. Those financial professionals whose organizations are expecting to decrease cash and short-term investments during the current quarter indicate their actions are driven by worsening business performance and some attribute this to investments to strategically grow their business.
These results are based on 129 responses from senior treasury and finance professionals this quarter.
"The U.S. economy continues to be facing various headwinds, ranging from the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, severe supply chain issues, record employee departures, roadblocks on Capitol Hill and more," said Jim Kaitz, president and CEO of AFP. "It is no surprise that business leaders remain cautious when making investment decisions as they wait for a more stable environment."
"We believe worries over the debt ceiling and mounting inflationary pressures could make it increasingly difficult for investors to confidently predict the future," Yeng Butler, Head of Investment Solutions and Liquidity Client Group, Wells Fargo Asset Management. "We are seeing some investors continuing to assess cash and short-term investment holdings and overall balance sheet positioning in an attempt to safeguard against economic uncertainty. At the same time, many corporations have also benefitted from robust earnings. We are optimistic that improving business performance will continue to show momentum into 2022."
October 2021 AFP Corporate Cash Indicators®
Change in cash and short-term investment holdings in the past quarter: 3Q21 v. 2Q21 = +21
Change in cash and short-term investment holdings over the past year: 3Q21 v. 3Q20 = +21
Expected change in cash holdings during 4Q21 = +18
Aggressiveness of short-term investments = -10
The indicators measure recent and anticipated changes in corporate cash balances by calculating increase percentage minus decrease percentage.
Each quarter, AFP asks select members representing a broad cross section of U.S. businesses the same questions: whether their company's short-term holdings increased or decreased in the past year and past quarter; whether investment selections for those holdings changed; and whether they expect cash holdings to increase or decrease in the coming quarter. AFP member companies have agreed to participate in this ongoing study on a long-term basis.
Participants manage their companies' cash and short-term investment portfolios and are fully aware of their companies' liquidity needs and business strategies. Since corporate decisions to grow/shrink the size of cash and short-term investment portfolios reflect their business outlook and direction, changes reported by this broad group of companies are indicators of economic activity.
AFP began collecting quarterly data in January 2011 and has now collected 44 data sets. See www.afponline.org/CCI for answers to frequently asked questions. The next set is slated to be published January 24, 2022. For any press queries, please contact Melissa Rawak at mrawak@afponline.org.
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World's 50 Best Bars Brands Report: Aperitifs and Digestifs
Published: 05 February, 2014
For the latest instalment of the Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the aperitfis and digestifs brands moving through their bars.
We polled 100 of the top 250 bars that recieved votes in our World's 50 Best Bars 2013 survey.
We asked which are the best sellers and which brands are catching the imaginations of consumers for the trending list.
Don't forget to check out the results for gin, vodka, rum, Tequila, liqueurs/bitters, Scotch, World Whiskies and Brandy.
An aperitif is a cocktail served before a meal and its job is to stimulate the appetite. Sophisticated imbibers in France and Italy (aperitivo) made the drink popular and many of the bitter or vermouth ingredients used in aperitifs hail from one of these countries.
Italian bitters Campari is king of the aperitifs list, no doubt because of its place in the Negroni. The cocktail dates back to 1919 when Count Negroni asked for a bit of extra strength in his regular drink – Campari, vermouth rosso and soda. He switched the soda for gin and, hey presto, the Negroni was born. We are extremely grateful, Count Negroni.
That also partly explains why there are so many gins on the list – it is key to the mighty Martini, one of the greatest aperitif cocktails ever.
There are several theories about the beginnings of the Martini and one is that it is an evolution of the Martinez, but not everyone agrees.
Oh, and you can even make it with vodka – hello Ketel One.
After-dinner drinks usually err on the dark side and this list is testament to that – with three exceptions, all others are whiskies.
Top of the tree is Fernet Branca, making it a double for Italian bitters. Fernet Branca is a bitter liqueur made from 27 herbs.
The actual recipe is shrouded in secrecy but the brand will tell you that the 27 ingredients come from five continents. That narrows it down…
The drink ages for one year in oak and it has a real following in the bar industry. Fernet Branca is so popular in Argentina that the Milan-based company has a distillery in Buenos Aires to quench the Argentinian thirst for Fernet Branca, where it is largely consumed with cola.
Fernet was top of the list last year, too but the rest of the list looked very different.
It was not dominated by whisky. Cognac had a better showing and there were liqueurs and even a gin. Does this indicate a wider shift to whisky consumption?
Only time and bank balances will tell.
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Animals are much like humans in many ways. They should be respected and handled with care. There are many ways people can learn how to respect animals. From the smallest mouse to the largest elephant, all animals should be treated in ways that are beneficial to both them and other people.
No matter their background, all children become better people when they learn to respect animals. Whether it is learning the value of animals, how to approach them and encourage them, or whether it is having the responsibility of looking after a pet dog or cat, there are many ways to teach children to respect animals of all kinds. It teaches them about compassion, responsibility, love, and about looking after someone or something as well as looking after our environment.
Visiting zoos is controversial way to witness how animals are cared for and treated by handlers and carers. People can learn many important facts about how animals live in the wild, as many zoo keepers are trained and educated in the fields of zoology or animal rescue. People can also determine how happy the animals are based on their behaviors and interactions with other people. Zoos are especially a great starting location for children wishing to learn more about animals. However, they also show how unhappy kept animals can be, how a cage does not compare to the lives they usually live. For many, zoos should not exist, but while they do, it is educational for children of all ages.
Another fantastic location to learn respect for animals is in the wild. This is a perfect opportunity for children to learn how animals interact in their normal habitats. They can take time to observe animal behaviors amongst themselves and with each other, including socializing, feeding, and sleeping. There's no better place to watch animals behaving as they should than in the wild where they're meant to be under normal circumstances. By the wild, we mean places far away, in the countryside, but also in the back yard. Even around where you live you can find animals in their version of the wild.
Individuals can participate in more hands-on activities with domestic animals. Dogs, cats, rabbits, and other kinds of animals can be humans' best friends. They give love and attention, but it's up to people to give them the best respect and care they deserve. Cats, for example, use litter boxes to expel body waste. Changing the boxes is crucial for cleanliness and health for other animals and an individual's home. Animals should also be handled a certain way. For example, cats should be cradled and not picked up by the front of their bodies as this could harm them. Pet animals gently as well. Being too rough with them might make them fight back or run away.
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Behind Pinterest's push to make the world pinnable
Ken Yeung@thekenyeung
Pinterest's logo outside of its San Francisco, California headquarters.
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"A picture is worth a thousand words" could very well describe the current search paradigm. We've spent years typing into a text field, but there are times when it's hard to describe what we're really looking for.
Traditional search engines are built around intent, but they usually fall short when it comes to discovery. This is an area where Pinterest believes it can shine. In the past couple of years, the company has sought to redefine the future of retail, one pin at a time.
Everything in the world is a pin
In 2015, Pinterest revealed it had been working on a way to find and display visually similar images, which came out of its acquisition of VisualGraph a year prior. Initially, visual search only powered the company's Related Pins feature, but now is more widely used, leveraging deep learning to train itself and extract information from images. "We try to understand what's in an image," Kevin Jing, the former head of the company's visual discovery team, told VentureBeat in an earlier interview.
It seems Pinterest's work is starting to pay dividends. "Right now, it's being used by tens of millions of people every month," Jeff Harris, the company's visual search product lead, told us. "There are over 300 million visual searches monthly, so I feel like in terms of computer vision at scale, it's one example that's kind of a breakaway success."
Above: Pinterest visual search in Firefox.
Confident in its ability to identify a purse, bar stool, dress, or anything else within an image, the company introduced its Lens technology, which has the potential to be a major influence in how we shop today. With a tool that retailers could use within their mobile apps, Pinterest not only provides creative options for outfits, accessories, styles, and choices consumers never really had in real time before, but it also helps the company improve its algorithm.
"I think the goal [of visual search] is that the whole world should be pinnable," Harris said. "You see a lot of cool things on Pinterest, but you also see a lot of cool things in the real world, and if you see lighting in a restaurant that you're enamored with, what do you do with that? How do you act on that? We think that Lens is a way to make the whole world interactable and connect that world with all the stuff that exists online."
Naturally, Pinterest launched its Lens tool to the public within its own apps, but the real success came when the company struck an exclusive retail deal with Target and also became a major partner with Samsung when the phone maker launched its Bixby visual search.
Above: Pinterest visual search within Target's mobile app.
Harris believes it's too early to tell if users need to be educated about the potential of visual search, but he added that right now Pinterest is focused on promoting really strong use cases. Target and Samsung, for example, already had "a lot of eyeballs" and "people are in a mindset where visual search would help."
"I really think that the way this is going to work for us is if we can meet people in the moments where they have an implicit visual question in their head and they don't necessarily need to think 'Hey, I'm going to go over to Lens and do it.' No, they were already doing a fashion search. They were trying to figure out an outfit from their wardrobe. If the camera pops up with a little toast that says 'Hey, take a picture of the piece of clothing that you want', I think that's a really good moment to educate people," Harris said.
Above: Pinterest's Shop the Look feature.
He referenced the company's recent launch of its Lens Your Look feature, which is intended to capitalize on the 16 billion pins that are fashion-related (out of 100 billion total pins). "Fashion is one of the top things that people come to us for, and what we added was just a camera functionality to fashion searches, instead of just limiting yourself to text," Harris explained.
Pinterest's strategy is to be deliberate in its rollout of Lens to all 200 million users. "I'm not at a place where I think we need to push Lens on all Pinners. I think we should figure out the core things that we're really good at and make sure that the people who are already using Pinterest for that see it that way," Harris said.
The future of retail
Pinterest isn't alone in its pursuit of visual search as a means to reimagine retail. Google, for one, is moving along similar lines. In May, the Alphabet-owned company launched its own version of Lens, which would be available through Google Photos and Google Assistant. Tapping into these applications would give Google a tremendous advantage because its reach is so much larger than Pinterest's, even with the latter's partnerships. But the Lens feature in Google Assistant is unfortunately limited to Pixel phones, where it only starting popping up earlier this week.
Harris believed that Google's foray into visual search isn't necessarily a threat to Pinterest, suggesting that research being done in this area benefits everybody.
And he believes that his company holds an edge: "Right now, most of Pinterest is built on this idea that 'I like pins A and B, you like pins A, B, and C, so I'm probably going to like pin C.' That's sort of how all the logic is built, but if a human was trying to give you style advice or interior decorating advice, they wouldn't use any of that collaborative filtering-type stuff. They would say 'Oh, you like Ward tables that are made of walnut', or 'Your fashion sense is you really like muted colors with a particular kind of tie.'"
Pinterest already has massive amounts of data, but understanding it requires computer vision. As that technology is applied over time, Harris is confident that the experience will continue to improve. "It's going to make the relevancy across our entire product so much better and [it will] really start to understand your taste in an aesthetic way. That's going to make us the best stylist, the best interior decorator, etc. because not only do we have the vision to see what you're looking at, but [we] also have 16 billion style outfits, including the latest trends, so there's a lot of information."
Above: Pinterest Lens.
While Pinterest currently uses its Interest or Taste Graph to surface pins you might be interested in, Harris said the next step involves making matches based on what you like in the real world.
"All of that is going to take computer vision, and I think that it's going to be just as powerful as the Interest Graph, if not more so, because these are actual aesthetic decisions that people have chosen to design their room, their outfit around, and that data is completely invisible to computers today," he said. "Computer vision is going to unlock that, and we have this unseen catalog of images of people's taste decisions that they've already made. We just need to be able to process it."
Where does Pinterest go next?
We asked Harris how he believes visual search is evolving. He said, "If you think about how search works across the web and all these platforms, it's almost entirely limited to just words. I think that's really unnatural — when I talk to you, I use words, but I also show you things, and that's how humans converse with each other.
Above: An example of Pinterest's Lens feature.
"And it's just one medium that you're forced to communicate through. We think that as search evolves on Pinterest, it's going to be more and more like human conversation, where there are some queries that are going to make the most sense as words — you can just cleanly describe them in words. But some queries, like 'I want a couch that fits into this living room' — good luck describing what your living room is in words, it's really hard. Taking a picture of that room can make that query much easier."
Harris said that to better serve users, Pinterest has to understand searches in which images and words are intermixed.
In terms of progress around visual search, Harris believes Pinterest is just getting started. He said that the company is looking at improving product identification so that if you see something in the real world and want to find that specific item, you can simply use a Pinterest Lens-powered app.
Pinterest is also interested in becoming a more proactive virtual personal shopping assistant. If you buy a purse, for example, Pinterest could tap into its search smarts to surface related outfits that would go with it. Ultimately, Harris believes Pinterest will be able to answer a range of visual questions people have, such as what makeup to buy or whether a particular piece of furniture will work in their home.
"Your brain has evolved for so long to be really good at knowing what everything around you is. That is not where computer vision is going to add value," Harris explained. He predicted it will come into its own when it can make suggestions based on information you didn't know or didn't think to ask.


The long struggle to get a space for community organizing is finally over. We have a place now in Long Beach on Redondo and 7th street.
Local activists are leasing a shop in Long Beach for the community to organize and enjoy themselves. We are going to have freestyle, hip-hop, punk, and open mic nights. The shop itself will be selling literature, distribute flyers, etc. We are thinking about putting in a DSL line so that the community can have local internet access. We also would like the space to be used for activist groups to have meetings in, or just to generally utilize the space. We do need donations, and tools to borrow so that we can fix the shop up and make shelves, etc.(See bottom for materials we still need). Feel free to come by and visit the shop. It's on 7th and Redondo in Long Beach.It's called A Occassions. We are usually there 24-7 (We have a lot of work to do). We hope this will be a space where we can bring our community together.