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by Erin Chacey
It's easy to forget that we rely on so many wonderful technological breakthroughs that were based on observations of raw nature. New inventions are always impressive, but just how new are they?
Animals probably think that we are a little late to the party. But never mind, let's take a moment to appreciate the mutual benefits of evolved design. Here are 10 things you surely thought were all human. You're about to find out that animals got there first.
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10 Air Brakes
Have you ever looked out the window of an airplane just before landing and noticed small slats pop up along the wing? These slats are designed to prevent the airplane from stalling as it slows.
Birds have their own version of this clever technology in the form of specially adapted feathers. Bird feathers are broadly divided into primary and secondary feathers, with some being vital for flight and others more for display.
But there's nothing impractical about the feathers on the part of the wing called the "alula" (the front edge of the wing where a bird's "thumb" would naturally be).[1] These feathers can be adjusted by a bird to open up a small slot that helps to stabilize the bird and avoid a stall in slow flight or upon landing. Neat!
9 Sonar
Ships, submarines, and seagoing devices are often equipped with sonar to navigate, avoid obstacles, and track down targets underwater. Sonar works by emitting a sound at a certain frequency, which spreads sound waves into the surroundings.
The sound waves rebound off solid objects and return to the sonar device that emitted them. The sonar device then collects information about the shape, size, and distance of the objects. This is particularly useful for the military, of course, but it was whales and dolphins that invented it first!
These amazing animals can discern differences between even very small objects from 15 meters (50 ft) away using their sonar skills alone. They don't need an electronic device to broadcast their frequencies across the ocean. They've evolved to use their own voices and the receptors in their bodies to find their way around under the sea.
It is thought that the animals create a "soundscape" in their minds from the constant feedback, helping them build a map of their environment. They also use their sonar to locate food and friends.[2]
Military sonar is so similar to whale sonar that it even uses the same frequency: somewhere between 100 Hz and 500 Hz. Some people have speculated that this may be the cause of many mass strandings of dolphins and whales, as they may become confused between their own signals and that of the military devices.
The navy has tested their sonar up to 235 dB, while whales usually emit sonar signals at around 170 dB. It's possible that the louder signals might disrupt the sea creatures' sense of direction and guide them off course. Still, it's impressive that something used by whales is so effective that humans haven't found anything that works better.
8 Bioluminescence
Speaking of sea creatures, our underwater pals have used just about everything to enhance their survival. Long before humans invented glow sticks, glow-in-the-dark stickers, and night-lights, fish at the bottom of the ocean were glowing away for centuries.
Fireflies, glowworms, and even some types of fungi also use bioluminescence to their advantage. All these organisms have evolved to glow in the dark for reasons as diverse as attracting mates, luring prey toward them, warning predators away from them, and communicating with others of their species.[3]
Much research has been—and continues to be—invested in bioluminescence as a biotechnology with many potential applications in the modern world. The main chemical involved in this is luciferin, which has a short life span in its active state of light output. Various companies are working on this problem, with the possibility of streetlights and some types of medical procedures relying on bioluminescence in the future.
Bioluminescence is created by a simple chemical reaction that involves luciferin, an enzyme, and a few other cofactors specific to individual creatures and plants. Humans are only just catching up—but it's never too late to learn!
7 Solar Power
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Recently, a group of scientists were studying spotted salamanders and found that the embryos of these animals contained algae that live inside the baby salamanders before they hatch. The algae survive by eating the waste produced by the baby salamander embryos. In turn, the algae produce energy and nutrition for the developing babies.
These salamanders (which are amphibians, not reptiles like lizards) are essentially brought up via photosynthesis, the same process used by leaves on trees to convert sunlight into energy. It is also similar to how photovoltaic cells (solar panels) convert sunlight into electricity.[4]
6 UV Detection
Humans are subject to the effects of UV light all the time, but we can't naturally see it. That's why it's so easy to get sunburn. These days, you can buy light detectors that "translate" UV waves into a form you can see.
Normally, we can't see UV light because of the number of proteins in our eyes. What on Earth?
The structure of an animal's eye is partly made up of proteins called opsins. Some animals have only one or two types of opsins in their eyes, so they see fewer colors and types of light waves than humans. In contrast, we have three types of opsins, allowing us to see a wide spectrum of color.
However, some animals, such as the chameleon, have more than three types of opsins in their eyes. So chameleons can see UV light rays in addition to the colors that humans see. There are likely many more details on plants, objects, and other animals that a chameleon will be able to appreciate that we cannot.
Chameleons do all that with their naked eyes, no devices required. There are many other reptiles, insects, birds, and water-dwelling creatures that may also see UV light.[5]
Farming may not seem like a technological advance, but it's relatively new in terms of human history. When comparing the level of mass production and the amount of livestock, things look very different now than 50 years ago.
However, ants have been farming intensively for a lot longer than 50 years. They love to feed off the sticky, sugary secretions that aphids poop out after eating plants.
As a result, the ants go to great effort to ensure a continuous supply of this "honeydew" by preventing the aphids from moving too far from the ant colony. The ants will bite off the aphids' wings and emit chemicals that retard the growth of these wings. Sneaky!
As if that wasn't enough, ants were recently found to encircle groups of aphids with the ants' chemical footprints, normally used to mark the territory of the ant colony. These footprints seem to make the aphids slow and unlikely to move from their spots, giving the ants reliable access to their favorite sugary food source.[6]
Just like the farm animals kept by humans, though, there is a benefit for the aphids. The chemical footprints evidently put off predators, such as ladybugs, from eating the aphids. So the enslaved aphids are at least protected from those big, scary, spotted bugs . . . thanks to the ants.
4 Soundproofing
If you've ever spent time in a soundproofed room, you might have enjoyed how peaceful it was. A combination of insulative layers, absorbent materials, and more create an atmosphere where little extraneous sound can be heard.
For generations, owls have been making use of these qualities for less peaceful reasons. To glide in and snatch their unsuspecting prey with deadly precision, owls must be completely silent because the rodents they eat have incredibly sensitive hearing.
For example, the feathers of the barn owl are so soft and fine that it cannot afford to hunt in wet weather as it would become waterlogged and cold. This is the trade-off for the owl's perfectly soundproofed body, which is ideal for floating in the dark to within a few feet of a small mammal before dropping down to grasp it away in those sharp talons.[7] The only noise will be a squeak!
It's the design of the feathers that achieve this. Tiny divides and fibers separate the flow of air through the wings. This prevents any "rasping" sounds, which are caused by air resistance, that are a feature of other birds' flight.
3 Cloning
After the controversy over Dolly the sheep, you might have assumed that cloning was a new and strange phenomenon. If you want an alternative opinion, though, ask a starfish (aka sea star).
Starfish have been asexually reproducing with no difficulty well before cloning was even a word. Not only that, but starfish that clone themselves live longer and healthier lives than starfish that reproduce sexually.[8]
So cloning obviously suits these creatures rather well. Additionally, if a starfish breaks a limb or even breaks its body in half, the creature will simply regrow and regenerate itself as needed. Some species even have the ability to produce a new body from part of a severed limb.
Starfish are evidently the experts when it comes to cloning, so perhaps we ought to leave it to them?
2 GPS
The migration of birds is still a remarkable mystery to scientists. There are many possible explanations as to how birds know where to go—the position of the Sun, the use of a star map, their sense of smell, detection of the Earth's magnetic field, or even the memory of landmarks from their previous journeys.[9]
But none of these seem to fully explain how birds can navigate so successfully and consistently to remote destinations, often under hostile conditions and sometimes having no prior experience with the routes. It's as though they have some highly advanced GPS technology—that is far ahead of human capabilities—already built into their little bird brains.
The magnetic field theory seems most likely, as foxes have also been shown to align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field to hunt. If other animals are savvy about magnetic fields, it seems only natural that birds would be, too. After all, it's not so different from the compasses that humans use to navigate!
1 Retractable Blades
The humble domestic cat strikes again with a scratch of genius. Its claws can be released or sheathed at will, keeping the claws sharp and preventing the cat from injuring itself when using its paw to wash its face.[10] The claws can be drawn back into soft integral sockets in the cat's paw, keeping them out of harm's way.
Did this inspire all those intricate, retractable gadgets on your pocket penknife? It would be awesome to think that your house kitty sparked the idea for such an incredibly convenient tool and safety feature.
To me, it's not the World Wide Web. It's the weird, wacky, and wonderful. And that's the way it should be. Inspire, explore, and enjoy the trip. That's my philosophy and what I hope to teach others. Happy trails!
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Member for Maitland
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries
Investment and Tourism
Jenny Aitchison MP
Shadow Ministry
#WeAreMaitland
I acknowledge the presence in the gallery of former Deputy Premier John Watkins. I also acknowledge the presence of former Premier of Victoria John Cain and I particularly welcome him to this place as the former Minister Responsible for Womens Affairs and his leadership in Victoria in this areas. The Federal Minister for Women, Michaelia Cash, recently commented that domestic violence leave provisions for female workers would be a barrier to women getting jobs. The Minister was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald on 27 May as saying:
I think you have to be very careful as a policymaker in saying to businesses, an employee can now take an additional four weeks' leave that you pay for. Do you want to put in a perverse disincentive that "I just won't employ women"?
This has an impact throughout the State of New South Wales, particularly in the electorate of Maitland and other electorates that have experienced an increase in domestic violence of some 33 per cent in the past 12 months. The Minister's comments are a dinosaur attempt to roll back the perception of women in the workplace to the bad old days when employers made assumptions about whether young women would be worth employing before they went off to have a baby. They hark back to workplace attitudes to women from the 1960s, which should remain only in television shows like Mad Men.
As someone who owned and operated a business for 17 years in Maitland, I know that women with families who are employed in a supportive working environment make loyal, long-term employees and give back to their employers through increased productivity. The women I employed would talk to me about their plans to have children. By removing the worry from my female employees of having to hide their plans to expand their families in order to protect their employment, as the employer I was able to put in place appropriate plans to support them, their families and my business. But other family events are not so easily planned for.
For example, older workers have carer responsibilities for elderly parents, or may themselves have long‑term illnesses that require long periods of time to recover from and come on unexpectedly. These come with little warning and cause more disruption to businesses as they cannot be planned for. Using Ms Cash's comments as a guide, perhaps businesses should stop employing people over 50 because they may have to use carer's leave or sick leave to look after parents or their own health. It is outrageous that we will continue to stereotype people in the workplace. In the case of domestic violence, health and social needs are often exacerbated by shame and low self‑esteem. One of the most important benefits that discussion about domestic violence leave has raised has been the need for businesses and organisations to understand there are likely to be victims and perpetrators within their organisations. They can now have meaningful discussion about how best to support employees, and by extension even customers, experiencing domestic violence.
As shadow Minister for Small Business, I have found small businesses in this State to be supportive on a full range of family issues and not harking back to dinosaur attitudes that it is better not to employ women because they might have babies or be bashed and take time off work. Many small businesses are owned by families who understand the pressures that inflexible working arrangements can place on family members. In recent years, businesses have turned their attention to assisting women escaping domestic violence on a community level, and one business in my electorate has donated $25,000 over five years to a domestic violence service to assist in this important work. It makes sense that business owners who show such compassion in the community would want to provide these supports for their employees.
In most cases, women who experience domestic violence will have already used up personal and sick leave. Domestic violence leave allows for extra time off for medical and counselling appointments, to see police, to get legal advice and attend court, and to find new housing, child care and schooling for children. This leave is designed to support women and help them keep their jobs—a good thing for them and the economy, as domestic violence costs New South Wales $4.5 billion a year. Labor took a policy to the election of expanding domestic violence leave for New South Wales public sector employees from five to 10 days per year, non-accumulative, and allowing five extra days of leave a year for a person supporting someone experiencing domestic violence. We all have a role to play in prevention of domestic violence and in the apprehension of offenders, but it is clear to see that the Liberal ideology does not extend to supporting victims. I condemn minister Cash for her statement
#JennyAitchison #PrivateMembersStatements #women
Private Members Statement
Office address: 2/12 Elgin Street, Maitland NSW 2320 | Mail: PO Box 920, Maitland NSW 2320
Phone: 02 4933 1617 | Fax: 02 4933 4782 | Email: maitland@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Authorised by Jay Suvaal, Country Labor Party, 9/377 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000


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A day for our area to give
Published 10:27 pm Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, Feb. 2, you'll have the chance to help charitable organizations across the state continue to provide a wide range of services.
The Alabama Association of Nonprofits in partnership with the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Razoo Foundation will sponsor "Alabama Gives Day," a one-day chance for individuals to make monetary contributions to nonprofit organizations of their choice. Supported by the Alabama Press Association and hundreds of nonprofits across the state, the goal of the event is to connect new and existing donors with hundreds of nonprofit organizations in 24 hours.
Local organizations such as Christian Services for Children In Alabama Inc., SABRA Sanctuary, ArtsRevive, Edmundite Mission, Visually Impaired People Organization Inc. or VIP, Black Belt Community Foundation and the Salvation Army, are currently participating and believe help from the public is "vital."
"We feel it's extremely important to give to people inside and outside the state of Alabama, to let people know what we're doing," Development officer for Edmundite Missions Joe O'Quinn said. "We look forward to joining the rest of the nonprofits and highlight all the work the nonprofits are doing."
Christian Services executive director Cynthia M. Stinson said the program brings community awareness to what nonprofits actually do.
"It's vital," Stinson said. "We do depend on additional dollars from individuals and churches to carry out our mission for children and families who experience abuse and neglect; it's important we get the word out to as many people as possible to make this a success."
Here's how it works. From midnight to 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 2, Alabamians can go online to www.alabamagivesday.org and choose to make a gift to one or more of the participating organizations.
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Robert Dudley, 1e graaf van Leicester (24 juni 1532 – 4 september 1588), meestal kortweg Leicester genoemd, kwam als vertrouweling van Elizabeth I van Engeland de opstandelingen in de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden als Engels landvoogd van 1585-1587 te hulp. Zijn interventie liep echter uit op een fiasco.

Leicester was een groot deel van zijn leven vertrouweling en favoriet van de Engelse koningin en het scheelde niet veel of hij was haar echtgenoot geworden.

Robert Dudley werd geboren in 1532 als zoon van John Dudley. Samen met zijn vader en broer zat hij enige tijd gevangen in de Tower op verdenking van een poging om zijn schoonzus Jane Grey aan de macht te brengen. In de gevangenis leerde hij Elizabeth I kennen. Dudley sr. werd geëxecuteerd, Dudley jr. werd vrijgelaten en op voordracht van Elizabeth benoemd tot koninklijk stalmeester.

Geruchten over een relatie tussen de graaf en Elizabeth waren niet van de lucht. Deze werden nog eens versterkt toen Dudleys vrouw Amy onder verdachte omstandigheden bij een huiselijk ongeluk om het leven kwam. Algemeen werd aangenomen dat Dudley zijn vrouw had vermoord om Elizabeth te kunnen trouwen. Sommigen beweerden zelfs dat in het geheim al een huwelijk was gesloten.

Ironisch genoeg verhinderde de dood van Amy dat Elisabeth en Dudley trouwden. Elizabeth, niet ongevoelig voor de publieke opinie, gaf nooit meer een signaal af dat Dudley weleens haar echtgenoot zou kunnen worden. In 1563 droeg ze Dudley voor als echtgenoot van de Schotse koningin Maria I, maar deze zag een huwelijk met een ondergeschikte van Elisabeth niet zitten. De promotie van Dudley tot Earl of Leicester baatte niet. Dudley zag ook niets in een huwelijk met Mary, maar een weigering zouden beide koninginnen als belediging kunnen opvatten. Hij wist de angel uit het plant te halen door middel van een geslaagde poging de Engelse troonpretendent Henry Stuart Darnley aan Mary te koppelen.

Na de moord op Willem van Oranje (1584) zochten de Staten Generaal steun bij de koningin van Engeland. Zij weigerde een Nederlandse koningstitel, maar zegde protectie toe aan de Republiek. Als reactie op de Spaanse opmars stuurde Elizabeth I in december 1585 de graaf van Leicester in het geheim met 6000 man de Noordzee over. De komst van de graaf van Leicester was bepaald geen succes. Hij bleek een slecht militair leider; verschillende steden gingen voor de opstandelingen verloren. Onder zijn bevel werd de Slag bij Warnsveld (september 1586), in Engeland beter bekend als de Battle of Zutphen, tegen de Spanjaarden verloren. Ook was hij verantwoordelijk voor de val van Deventer (1587). Tijdens beide gevechten speelden zijn officieren een dubieuze rol, waarbij in beide gevallen de schansen aan de Spanjaard over werden gedragen.

Dudley trachtte in Utrecht een landsbestuur op basis van een sterke centrale macht op te bouwen. Dit werd door de gewesten, gewend als zij waren aan hun autonomie, niet geaccepteerd.
Ook het verraad van zijn officieren deels tijdens een verblijf van Dudley in Engeland (1586) gepleegd (Zutphen), alsook het verraad bij Deventer, waarbij in beide gevallen de schansen aan de Spanjaard over werden gedragen, speelde Dudley parten. Daarnaast ging het gerucht dat hij op last van Elizabeth vredesonderhandelingen met de Spaanse veldheer Parma belegd had. Hierdoor werd Dudley door landsadvocaat Johan van Oldenbarnevelt die de gewesten achter zich wist, in 1587 het bevel over het leger ontnomen en werd hij gedwongen de Nederlanden te verlaten.

Ondanks zijn mislukte militaire campagne, werd de graaf van Leicester benoemd tot admiraal van de vloot die de Spaanse Armada in 1588 moest tegenhouden. Hij stierf plotseling, nog voor de slag begon, in datzelfde jaar.

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Procurex National 2019 will take place on 30 April 2019 in Hall 19 at the NEC, Birmingham.
The Birmingham Convention Bureau lists a number of hotels which are within easy walking distance of the NEC.
The NEC is in the perfect location for car travel – 8 miles east of Birmingham city centre, and at the heart of the UK motorway network. Postcode B40 1NT. Parking – There are 16,500 spaces available. Follow the electronic signage or directions provided by the traffic team to get you to the right car park area for your event (car park North 2-4). Once you've parked you can either take a free shuttle bus or walk to the halls using their signposted footpaths.
Coach services are operated by National Express and Megabus, with over 120 daily services from across the UK to Birmingham Airport. From here you can get to the NEC in minutes on the free air-rail link. Regular local buses depart from Birmingham City Centre. The 900 service runs every 15 mins during the day taking approximately 30 mins. The 97 service operates every 30 mins, 24hrs a day taking approximately 45 mins. Local bus services also run every 30 mins throughout the day to Solihull (service 966) and Coventry (service 900).
T.O.A black cabs are available at clearly marked ranks outside the NEC's main entrances. You can book T.O.A taxis by phone on 0121 427 8888 or 0800 0142 729 (free phone), online, via a mobile app or pick one up outside the NEC main entrances if available.


So far there are few projects that financially support filmmakers and composers in the joint development of documentary film music. In order to strengthen this artistic cooperation and promote contemporary compositions, the DOK.forum Marketplace, together with Sonoton Music, is awarding a 2,500 euro prize for documentary film and composition.
The grants are awarded to a.n composer.n from the German-speaking region (D / A / I / CH / LU) who develops the film music for a narrative artistic documentary film in the making. The aim is to promote the arrangement of the composition and the recording of the music for this project.
A team consisting of composer and filmmaker can apply.
The pre-selection will take place within the DOK.forum Marketplace. The pre-selection jury consists of a five-member interdisciplinary committee consisting of composers, producers, editors and other creative artists.
Up to five projects will be presented as part of a closed event at the festival in May 2019. The invited teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to a panel of experts. At the end of the day, the selection committee decides in a closed meeting who will receive the funding.
For more than 50 years, SONOTON Music has stood for top-class production music - both technically and musically. With over 50 international representatives, SONOTON is the world's largest independent provider of professional production music.
The grants are awarded to a composer from the German-speaking area (D / A / I / CH / LU) who develops the film music for a narrative artistic documentary film in the making. The team of composer and filmmaker can apply. The submitters undertake to use the grant amount solely for composition and recording in the event of an award and not to allow it to flow into the production budget of the film project.
The pre-selection will take place within the framework of the DOK.forum Marketplace. The pre-selection jury consists of a five-member interdisciplinary committee consisting of composers, producers, editors and other creative artists.


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import java.util.ArrayList;
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import cbedoy.cblibrary.business.InjectionManager;

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 * Mobile App Developer - Bills Android
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 * Pademobile
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The award-winning film "Burning" scored highest ever on Screen's annual critics' poll at the Cannes Festival earlier this year. Not only is the meticulously composed picture superb on a technical and artistic level, it also evokes a swirl of emotions with unforgettable intensity. While giving Korean social problems like class inequality, economic stagnation and bruised masculinity a stark universal relevance, Lee Changdong also probes the deeper existential hunger found in modern life.


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The French Gardener
Montefiore, Santa
A neglected garden. A cottage that holds a secret. A mysterious and handsome Frenchman. Prepare to be "spellbound by the sheer charm" ( Daily Express , UK) of Santa Montefiore's tender and powerful novel about passion, loss, and the healing power of love.
It begins as Miranda and David Claybourne move into a country house with a once-beautiful garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness.
Then an enigmatic Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? When Miranda reads about his past in a diary she finds in the cottage by the garden, the whole family learns that a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation.
Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, The French Gardener is a contemporary story told with an old-fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.
Publisher: New York ;, Toronto :, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks,, 2014
Edition: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks edition
Branch Call Number: FIC MON
Characteristics: viii, 406, 14 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Read more reviews of The French Gardener at iDreamBooks.com
Inga57 Jan 11, 2019
Book Group Read
My first Santa Montefiore novel, I didn't expect to like the 'romance' angle, but it wasn't so bad, well the affairs were bad of course, but the story was wonderful and the characters are well developed. The love and magic are in the garden, which lasts for decades.
Gerry_21 Aug 12, 2018
Set in England, another good story from Santa Montefiore about unrequited love. An enjoyable read :-)
scrowell_09 Aug 08, 2018
Silly love story a la Harlequin. So many unbelievable aspects, eg .. love and respect for every animal, even spiders and ants, and dogs and cows yet think nothing of eating lamb and beef ... really ?? A man who loves a woman so much he puts his entire life on hold ...
JMR207 Jul 09, 2018
One of my favourite authors. Goes between present and past and links them with little clues along the way that keep the reader absorbed in the story.
Belauthor Jun 17, 2015
I found The French Gardener at the Dollar Tree when I was going through a rough patch and I immersed myself in the characters of the novel.
Then this spring, I dusted the novel off and reread it. I find that it reads like a classic with well-defined characters, parallel stories, and charming descriptions of the characters, setting, and circumstances. I wanted to pack my bags and head to rural England.
ChristchurchLib Apr 21, 2014
"Miranda, David, and their children have left crowded London for a beautiful if slightly shambolic country estate. But with David spending his weeks in London, their relationship is under even more strain (the kids, too, are struggling). Balancing house, estate, kids (one of whom is terrorising the neighborhood), career, and a failing marriage, Miranda is delighted when a charming, gentle Frenchman offers to return their gardens to their former glory. As their garden transforms, so too does the family. And there's an intriguing parallel story as well, one that Miranda finds in the diary of the estate's former owner. Readers who truly love the results of hard work in the garden will appreciate both the depictions of Hartington House's gardens and the connections between nature, love, and healing." Fiction A to Z April 2014 newsletter http://www.libraryaware.com/996/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/dfef437d-ef88-41c9-a7e1-229a907a8f88?postId=8ed16493-2fe1-4059-b706-6d0ff80212e7
BPLNextBestAdults Oct 16, 2012
I just discovered this author this summer and am so glad I did. Like Rosamunde Pilcher, Montefiore has charmed me with her tender novel about marriage, passion, loss, renewal, and the healing power of love. Miranda Claybourne has ditched her posh Notting Hill digs for the English countryside. Her idyll is short lived however – her husband is preoccupied with his job and his mistress, and the kids lash out at each other. Once Miranda finds the former owner's secret journal, she becomes engrossed in dramatic events from 20 years prior. Ava, the former lady of the house, was a brilliant gardener with many secrets. Could the sudden appearance of the new French gardener, Jean-Paul, have a tie with the past?
Nelmar1 Nov 30, 2011
brilliant romantic
skylars Jul 31, 2011
Great little love story set in England. Goes back & forth between family who used to live in grand country estate, and the present owners. Wonderful French "gardener" worked the gardens and the women whose life he came into.
Belauthor Jul 09, 2015
An estranged family moves into a home in the English countryside when a French gardener appears and transforms their lives.
The gardener has a secret regarding the house, the garden, and a long ago romance with an English woman.
Country Life — England — Fiction
Country Homes — England — Fiction
Gardening — Fiction
Gardens — Fiction
Triangles (Interpersonal Relations) — Fiction


Magnetic films of magnetite (Fe3O4) with controlled defects, so-called antidot arrays, were synthesized by a new technique called AFIR. AFIR consists of the deposition of a thin film by atomic layer deposition, the generation of square and hexagonal arrays of holes using focused ion beam milling, and the subsequent thermal reduction of the antidot arrays. Magnetic characterizations were carried out by magneto-optic Kerr effect measurements, showing the enhancement of the coercivity for the antidot arrays. AFIR opens a new route to manufacture ordered antidot arrays of magnetic oxides with variable lattice parameters.
Magnetic antidots, magnetic thin films with periodic arrays of holes, are currently an important topic for both the fundamental understanding of low-dimensional magnetism and a broad range of applications, such as a new generation of electronic devices , sensors , ultra-high density recording media – due to the absence of the superparamagnetic limit as there are no isolated magnetic islands – , and magnonics and spintronic devices [4,5]. The presence of the ordered non-magnetic holes induces a demagnetization field distribution that changes the magnetization switching mechanisms , acting as pinning centers for domain walls , enhancing coercivity compared to that of the continuous film [8-12], and affecting the magnetic properties of the film [13-19]. Thus, the antidot geometry can also be used to tailor the coercivity and the frequencies of the ferromagnetic resonance modes [20-22].
It is well known that there are numerous techniques for attaining magnetic antidot arrays such as e-beam [6,16], UV  and colloidal  lithography, porous anodic alumina [25,26], block copolymer templates , nanochannel glass  and focused ion beam (FIB) patterning [29,30]. Recently, we have proposed the fabrication of disordered antidot arrays through the thermal reduction of thin films synthesized by atomic layer deposition (ALD) [31-33]. Due to the self-limited growth of material, ALD allows to control the thickness of the films with high precision . The holes arise because of a dewetting process of the sample , which depends on its geometric and magnetic parameters as well as on the conditions of synthesis and thermal reduction. Hence, the holes are quite inhomogeneous and appear in disordered form on the sample. Thus, in this article we are interested in introducing a new procedure for obtaining antidot arrays with new properties. The technique is called AFIR (from ALD + FIB + reduction), and it consists of the deposition of a thin film by ALD, the generation of holes by means of FIB, and the thermal reduction of the antidot arrays. AFIR opens a new route to manufacture ordered antidot arrays of oxides with variable lattice parameters, arrays that have not been synthesized by other techniques. As a proof of concept, we will investigate the magnetic properties of Fe3O4 antidot arrays that have never been fabricated until now. As magnetic antidots have been successfully used to preferentially capture magnetic nanoparticles within the holes , and as Fe3O4 is a biocompatible material, such new Fe3O4 antidot arrays are of interest for the future development of nano-scale biosensors.
Figure 1 shows the outline of the AFIR process. Si(100) wafers with a native layer of SiO2 were coated with hematite (Fe2O3) in a Savannah S100 ALD reactor from Ultratech operated at 200 °C in stop/exposure-mode. The ferrocene (FeCp2) was held in a stainless-steel container (bottle) heated to 90 °C to ensure sufficient vapor pressure. The pulse times of ferrocene and ozone in the FeCp2/O3 cycle were 2 s and 0.2 s, respectively; the exposure and pump times were 5 s and 15 s, respectively. As one of the reactants is ozone with a volume concentration of about 10%, we have used an OzoneLab generator Ol80W/FM100V. During the process, a flow of 20 sccm of nitrogen has been maintained. As a proof of concept we have deposited 2250 ALD cycles to obtain a Fe2O3 film of 27 nm thickness. We have obtained a deposition rate lower than that obtained in , but it is important to note that the substrate used was different in both cases.
Figure 1: Outline of the AFIR process. Si(100) wafers with a native layer of SiO2 were coated with Fe2O3. Antidot arrays were directly etched in the continuous films of Fe2O3 using an IonLine FIB machine. The Fe2O3 antidot arrays are thermally reduced whereby Fe3O4 antidot arrays are obtained.
Antidot arrays were directly etched in the continuous film using an IonLine FIB machine with 30 keV Ga ions, and opening of 30 μm, 17.5 pA ion current and a dose of 30 mC/cm2. The dwell time was chosen to be sure that the ion beam completely perforated the Fe2O3 film and that the hole diameter was quite homogeneous, so at least 20 nm of the substrate were also etched. These antidot arrays are then placed into a furnace GSL-1100X from MTI Corporation, which has a controlled atmosphere of hydrogen (4%) balanced with argon (96%) at an overpressure of 400 mbar with a set temperature of 430 °C, for 4 h [32,33]. This process allows for the conversion of Fe2O3 to Fe3O4, which exhibits a strong magnetic signal.
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements have been performed using a Bruker Dimension Icon microscope operating in non-contact mode and commercial AFM probes (Nanosensors, type PPP-FM), while scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images have been obtained using a Zeiss EVO MA10 microscope. The thickness of the thin films was determined using an alpha-SE ellipsometer from J. A. Wollam, while X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements were performed using a Bruker D8 system with Cu Kα radiation (λ = 0.15406 nm), in a 2θ range between 10° and 90° at a sweep rate of 0.02°·s−1. Longitudinal MOKE hysteresis loops of the antidot arrays were obtained using a NanoMOKE3 from Quantum Design with the applied magnetic field applied parallel to the substrate plane and reaching a maximum value of 1.5 kOe. The laser spot was placed into each antidot array and, in order to check that the spot was located in the right position, the longitudinal reflectivity was measured. Magnetic field was applied along the 0° and 45° directions when measuring the square arrays (i.e., the first and second neighbors directions, respectively) and along 0° and 30° direction when measuring the hexagonal arrays (first and second neighbors directions in this case, respectively). Additionally, one of the samples was measured every 15°.
Figure 2a shows the SEM image of a representative Fe2O3 antidot array patterned on the film with 27 nm thickness. After patterning the antidot array has the shape of a circle of 30 μm diameter, which is surrounded by a circular trench of 40 μm diameter that allows one to isolate the magnetic signal from the rest of the magnetic film. The trench was etched using a 20 mC/cm2 ion beam dose. Moreover, for the sake of comparison, regions confined by a trench but without any pattering, i.e., Fe2O3 disks with 40 μm diameter, were also prepared.
Figure 2: (a) SEM image of the antidot array patterned on the film with 27 nm thickness. (b) Profile obtained from the AFM image corresponding to a square array with a hole spacing of 240 nm, in particular along the blue line of image c. Square array with a lattice constant of 240 (c) and 360 nm (d). Hexagonal arrays with a lattice constant of 240 (e) and 360 nm (f).
Four different antidot arrays have been patterned, combining two symmetries (hexagonal and square order) with two different lattice constants (240 and 360 nm), as shown in Figure 2c–f. The geometric parameters of the antidots are obtained from profiles obtained from AFM images like the one shown in Figure 2b, corresponding to a square array with a hole spacing of 240 nm. It is verified that the depth of the etched holes is at least 50 nm, i.e., not only the 27 nm thick Fe2O3 film is etched but also at least 20 nm of the substrate, in agreement with previous works to be sure of the uniformity of the magnetic antidots . From this profile, the diameter of the antidots is determined as the full width at half maximum of the hole, and it is measured to be of the order of 70 nm. Moreover, it seems that the holes have a conical structure, but this is due to the convolution with the AFM tip, which has a pyramidal geometry with 25° slope.
Once the thermal reduction is performed, the morphology is preserved and the Fe3O4 antidots are obtained. Only a slight reduction in roughness is produced: In the AFM measurements performed in the thin film regions, the roughness of the initial Fe2O3 film was 0.8 nm, whereas that of the final Fe3O4 film was 0.6 nm.
Figure 3 displays the XRD patterns of as-deposited Fe2O3 film (upper curve) and the Fe3O4 film (lower curve) after thermal reduction, for 2250 ALD cycles. The Fe2O3 film pattern exhibits one peak at approximately 43°. The Fe3O4 film pattern exhibits two peaks corresponding to the planes (112) and (200), which according to ICSD card No. 01-075-1609 corresponds to an orthorhombic structure. It is important to note that a small trace of Fe2O3 still exists in the sample, indicating that the thermal reduction process was not able to convert all Fe2O3 to Fe3O4. However, the magnetic signal measured later will confirm the transformation from a paramagnetic to a ferrimagnetic sample.
Figure 3: XRD patterns of the as-deposited Fe2O3 film (blue curve) and the Fe3O4 film (red curve) after the thermal reduction process.
Let us discuss the morphology of the Fe3O4 antidots. In order to efficiently modify the magnetic properties of a magnetic film by digging holes in it, the diameter of the holes has to be of the same order of magnitude as the domain wall width. Assuming Bloch-type domain walls, the width W is given by where A is the exchange constant and K is the magnetic anisotropy. Taking common values of A = 15.3 × 10−12 J/m  and K = 2.1 × 104 J/m3 , W = 84 nm is obtained, so a hole diameter of 70 nm is a good choice. Concerning the lattice parameter, the close proximity of neighboring holes may induce some issues since regions affected by the tail of the Gaussian-like section of the ion beam may overlap [29,30]. In order to avoid such effects, we have chosen lattice parameter values at least three times larger than the hole diameter.
According to the magnetic measurements, the initial Fe2O3 film is paramagnetic at room temperature, whilst after thermal transformation the obtained Fe3O4 film is ferrimagnetic. Figure 4 shows the representative hysteresis curves for a Fe3O4 sample with 27 nm thickness, for the thin film as well as for the antidot arrays. Figure 4a shows the loop of the thin film: It is worth noting that this thin film synthesized by AFIR exhibits a coercivity of about 380 Oe, which is higher than that exhibited by thin films synthesized by other techniques [31-33]. This fact can be ascribed to internal defects induced during the last step of the AFIR technique, i.e., the thermal reduction process needed to obtain the ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 film. In spite of this fact, the antidot arrays exhibit enhanced coercivity, as shown in Figure 4b,c for those with square order and in Figure 4d,e for those with hexagonal order. This enhancement can be attributed to the additional pinning of the magnetic domain walls produced by the holes [7,12,30]. At first sight it is observed that both coercivity and remanence of the arrays with larger lattice parameters are slightly larger than those of the arrays with smaller lattice parameters (i.e., the curves exhibit a wider and more vertical shape), regardless of whether we treat square or hexagonal arrays. Small differences exist between the loops obtained with the external magnetic field applied along the first and second neighbors directions, as detailed for the coercivity in Figure 5. The coercivity is enhanced for all the antidot arrays, in agreement with the results obtained with antidots fabricated with other routes [8-12].
Figure 4: Central region of the hysteresis curves for the antidot arrays obtained from a 27 nm thick film. (a) Pristine thin film; (b, c) square arrays with lattice parameters of 240 and 360 nm, respectively; (d, e) hexagonal arrays with lattice parameters of 240 and 360 nm, respectively. Solid black lines correspond to a field applied in the direction of first neighbors, while the red dashed lines to a field applied in the direction of the second neighbors.
Figure 5: (a) Coercivity of the initial thin film and of the square (blue squares) and the hexagonal (red triangles) arrays, considering two different lattice parameters, and applying the external magnetic field along the first and second neighbors directions. (b) Coercivity as a function of the defect volume density (DVD).
From Figure 5a it is observed that the coercivity increases with increasing the lattice parameter of the array and by applying the magnetic field along the direction of the second-neighbor holes. This means that the coercivity increases with increasing space between the holes in the direction in which the external magnetic field is applied. Of course, this does not continue indefinitely, since the limiting case in which the holes are infinitely separated can be considered as a thin film, the coercivity of which is lower than that of an antidot pattern. More studies would be needed to obtain the threshold value of the lattice parameter at which the tendency changes. It is important to point out that the coercivities obtained by the AFIR technique are almost twice as high as those obtained with other techniques, considering similar geometrical and magnetic parameters .
From a magnetic viewpoint each nanohole may be considered as a defect since they act as pinning centers for the domain wall motion during magnetization reversal. If a is the lattice constant (nearest neighbor center-to-center distance) and d is the hole diameter, the defect volume density (DVD), which is the ratio of the surface covered by holes to the total surface, is given by DVDsq = (π/4)·(d/a)2 for the square arrays and by for the hexagonal arrays. In order to highlight the influence of DVD on the pinning strength, Figure 5b shows all obtained coercivity values as a function of the DVD. For both symmetries, there is a monotonic decrease of coercivity as the DVD increases, a behavior opposite to that observed in arrays of antidots obtained from other synthesis techniques , which may be associated with the thermal reduction process of AFIR.
Figure 6 shows the coercivity and normalized remanence as a function of the angle at which the external magnetic field is applied for a square array with lattice parameter 360 nm. From this measurement it is clearly observed that the coercivity increases if the external magnetic field is applied for angles in which pores are found and decreases for angles at which there are no pores. This is mainly because the pores act as pinning zones during the magnetization reversal process. The remanence exhibits the opposite behavior with values close to 0.8.
Figure 6: Coercivity (red squares) and normalized remanence (blue dots) as a function of the angle θ at which the external magnetic field is applied for a square array with lattice parameter 360 nm.
In conclusion, we have demonstrated the technical feasibility of manufacturing magnetic antidot arrays using a new technique called AFIR. As a proof of concept we have synthesized thin films of Fe2O3 that were then imprinted with a pattern of antidots by FIB, and finally thermally reduced to obtain the first Fe3O4 antidot arrays. We have observed that the coercivity of the antidot arrays is enhanced compared to that of the synthesized films. This new technique paves the way to manufacture square and hexagonal antidot arrays of magnetic oxides among other geometries, and with variable lattice parameters.
We thank Daniela Alburquenque for their insightful comments. The authors acknowledge financial support from Fondequip (refs. EQM120045 and EQM140092), from Fondecyt (ref. 1150952, 11150671 and 11171045), from POSTDOC_DICYT 041831EM POSTDOC, from the Spanish MINECO (ref. MAT2014-59772-C2-1-P) and from the Basal Project (ref. FB0807). We also acknowledge the service from the MiNa Laboratory at IMN funded by CM (S2013/ICE2822), MINECO (CSIC13-4E-1794) and EU (FEDER, FSE).
© 2018 Palma et al.; licensee Beilstein-Institut.


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"We broke our sales record by a lot," says Kohl's CEO Kevin Mansell. As of Friday morning, the momentum hadn't let up, he adds.
Kohl's is a top 10 online U.S. retailer, generating about $2.7 billion in sales in the last year via e-commerce, or some 15% of sales. But like many brick and mortar stores, Kohl's has been grappling with weak store traffic and a surfeit of apparel, a struggling category. Kohl's comparable sales are down 2.8% so far this year and the retailer is eager for a repeat of its strong Thanksgiving-through-Christmas period from 2015, when "comps" rose 4%.
It recently started selling Apple Watch at some stores as part of a push to be dominant in active lifestyle products. And it has redoubled its holiday season marketing messaging to remind customers of the myriad ways to combine promotions to get low prices. Kohl's Yes2You loyalty program has 30 million active members and is central to that strategy.
Like other retailers, Kohl's made many of its Black Friday deals available online first before stores opened. Many stores have long resisted that, worried they would cannibalize themselves. But it turns out, competent integration of stores and e-commerce can increase business in both arenas. Besides, better to steal from themselves than have Amazon.com (amzn) do it.
"We need to be available to customers when they want to shop," Mansell says.


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The CEE GRI 2019 will gather international and local real estate leaders for a day of discussions and a networking dinner on 14th & 15th May 2019 (Warsaw, Poland).
With GDP growth in the major six CEE economies and S&P's upgrade of Poland's rating, the CEE market is becoming increasingly dominant as a hotspot for real estate investments. Liquidity is also improving as we see greater investment from Asian funds in portfolio-style deals.


Karl Marx (1818–1883) was the German revolutionary and philosopher of modern society and economics who is most often credited with having founded communism and socialism as political movements and systems of thought. He is also credited with the impetus behind the modern labor union movement. Marx's early works are considered utopian and were not published in his lifetime. His magnum opus is Das Kapital (Capital, released in 1867, 1885, and 1894), although the The Communist Manifesto (1848) that he wrote with Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) is less hypothetical and more accessible to the reader.
At the time Marx and Engels wrote, the following did not exist for workers in industrialized nations: minimum wage laws, health care insurance, pension plans, workplace safety regulations, laws against child labor, or specified hours for shifts or work weeks. Neither was there widespread and compulsory public education for the children of workers. While some of these goods do not universally exist at this time in industrialized nations and may not exist at all in parts of Asia, Africa, and South America, they are now generally taken for granted as fundamental human entitlements.


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Come see the iconic Davis mansion decked out in its holiday splendor!
Tour the ornately decorated mansion and learn how early 20th century Christmas customs evolved into the holiday traditions we enjoy today.
Go to MorvenPark.org/calendar to choose a day for your tour of the mansion during this festive holiday season. Guided tours are offered every weekend in the month of December through the 23rd.Tours depart from the Mansion visitor center from noon – 5:00 p.m. Last tour starts at 4:00 p.m.
December 26th – 30th is Open House Week and rolling admission will be offered from noon – 5:00 p.m. in the mansion. Last entry is at 4:00 p.m. Walk-ins are also welcome. During Open House Week you may explore each room at your own pace with guides available to answer questions. Skip the line and purchase advanced tickets online for this special week only! You may purchase tickets at MorvenPark.org/Calendar.
The weekend guided tours and Open House week are both great opportunities to learn about the origins of many popular holiday traditions, take photos, and find your favorite decoration.
$10/adult, $5/child (ages 6-12), and children 5 and under are free.


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Missing Trinidadian Rapper Theophilus London Found Alive
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The family of Theophilus London announced late on Wednesday that they managed to track down the rapper after he was reported missing for months in Los Angeles.
News surfaced in late December that the Grammy-nominated rapper was reported missing to the Los Angeles Police Department. On Wednesday, his family shared an update to fans as they said that the rapper was found safe and well.
His cousin Mikhail Noel wrote on Instagram, "We have found Theo. He is safe and well. At this time the family would love prayers and privacy. Thank you all."
The post also thanked members of the public who helped to search for London and those who expressed concerns over his life. "Truly appreciate everyone's support in finding my cousin. It's refreshing and rewarding to have such a strong support system of family and friends!!! God bless each and everyone of you all," the post reads.
As of now, no detail has been released about London's health or about his absence which spanned months. It's unclear if the rapper was harmed during the time he went missing. His family first shared concern for him after they told police in July 2021 that he has been missing for weeks.
The last time anyone had heard from him was in July in Los Angeles. That was also the last time London, 35, was seen on social media.
Karrueche Tran Reveals Her Father Devon Minters Passed Away
Last month, the LAPD said that London was last seen in the homeless shelter areas of Skid Row back in October. His family had not been in touch with him.
The 35-year-old is best known for the 2016 song "All Day" with Paul McCartney and Kanye West. The song became his first Grammy nomination for best rap performance.
London has collaborated several times over the years with Kanye West on songs like "Vibes" and more recently, on Donda and Donda 2. The rapper is of Trinidad descent and grew up in New York. He also appeared to share a close relationship with Ye, who fans say has also gone missing in the past few months.


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Q: Is valgrind preventing a segfault I want to debug from occurring? I want to determine what's causing a segfault, and I'm trying to use valgrind to do this.
https://gist.github.com/4349869 is a gist where I'm getting a segfault when I run something without valgrind, but I don't get a segfault when I use valgrind. (I've repeated this several times, with the same result)
Does this mean that the bug is a heisenbug that won't occur when I use valgrind, and therefore valgrind isn't any use here?

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Does this mean that the bug is a heisenbug that won't occur when I use
valgrind, and therefore valgrind isn't any use here?

No, you should still use Valgrind and fix all reported errors. The behavior you described is rather common and it is documented in Valgrind FAQ:

When a program runs under Valgrind, its environment is slightly
different to when it runs natively. For example, the memory layout is
different, and the way that threads are scheduled is different.
Most of the time this doesn't make any difference, but it can,
particularly if your program is buggy. For example, if your program
crashes because it erroneously accesses memory that is unaddressable,
it's possible that this memory will not be unaddressable when run
under Valgrind. Alternatively, if your program has data races, these
may not manifest under Valgrind.

A: It is possible that the segmentation fault is hidden when compiled with debugging information or when memory placement is changed when running under valgrind. Of course this doesn't mean you cannot use valgrind to debug your application. You should fix all errors that valgrind reports such as invalid read/write errors. Fixing these errors should fix your segmentation fault problem.

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Historic Savannah, GA
Published: July 25, 2013 Updated: October 27, 2016
Photograph by Jeremy
Before we load up into our personal little horse-drawn carriage, the driver asks, "What, no alcohol?"
Our entire family, grandparents through babies, sort of just give one another a look. "Can you give us a minute?" She nods, we all depart in our various separate ways. The grandfather of this current situation, known as Pop Rocks, asks a few gentlemen having a nice long sit on a bench where we might find some booze, quickly. The oldest of the sitters directs him down the street while another looks to me and says, "You need some beer? Yeah, sure, I'll show you."
He leads me down a street, a left turn, another block or two, across a divided highway and finally to a BP station. "They got beer here, man," he says, opening the door (to triumph my arrival, I suppose). I thank him, and as he follows me through the beer cooler I realize he's due a tip.
All I was looking for was a simple point in the right direction, but the guy walked me the entire way here so I suppose if we're about to pay a woman to drive us around in a carriage and tell us about the history of Savannah, so should I compensate a fella who's walked me over a quarter mile from my origination to this fine piece of gas station.
I grab my own beverages, some wine for the grandmas, a small bottle of whisky for the uncles and Pop Rocks, and a six pack for myself and the Lady to share (knowing full and well she'll partake of no more than half a bottle or so). "What do you want, man?" I ask my tour guide.
"Just a Colt," he grabs it, leads me to the front desk, and after payment is made and a handshake had, we never see one another again.
As I make it back to the carriage, everyone aboard and holding plastic cups full of beverages they scored from the many bars just adjacent to the start of our horse-drawn tour, I feel a little silly. But better over-prepared than on time, I always say.
Our carriage driver smiles, nods toward me in approval of my acknowledgement that I've kind of pissed half of our group off, and then hits to the streets. While I feel it would be a disservice to recreate her entire tour here–you should take one for yourself, hokey as a tour of a city may feel, this one is actually worth it–I'll simply leave you with a few photos to illustrate the stoic city of Savannah's past and present.
Established in 1733, Savannah is Georgia's oldest city. It is simultaneously a haven for modern day progressives and a testament to the conservative tendencies of the South. Photo by Barbara Mazz
Savannah has 22 squares downtown, each a testament to history and the beauty of the land before colonization, while simultaneously serving as a testament to modern city life. Some serve as homes to historic monuments, others playgrounds. Photo by Martin Kuilman
Laurel Grove Cemetery, where countless Confederate soldiers were buried. The graveyard is two parts. Laurel Grove North is the home of those long gone white soldiers, while the southern section holds the bodies of slaves and free people of color. Regardless of segregation, it is one of the most beautifully ornate cemeteries in the country. Photo by Moultrie Creek
Modern Savannah's City Hall, the dome of which is made of tissue-thin 23-karat gold. Savannah was the capital of Colonial Georgia and the first capital of the State of Georgia. Photo by Ken Lund
The Savannah River, from which the city gets its name, hosts freight and tourist ships alike, butted up against boutique River Street. Photo by Cherie Joyful
The Shawnee Indians, from which the Savannah River gets its name, migrated to the area, displacing the previous Indians, just before European settlers arrived. Photo Credit
Savannah today is full of every type of waterhole you could imagine, from corner dives to elegant brewpubs. We recommend Atlanta, Georgia's 420 Pale Ale and Athens' Terrapin Hopsecutioner IPA. Photo by Tim Parkinson
The largest of Savannah's defenses during the Civil War, Fort Pulaski was the first victim of a new type of cannon which could obliterate brick fortifications. The Union took the stronghold with no loss of life, crippling the South's war efforts,. Not long after the General in charge of the fort, before the Emancipation Proclamation even, issued a decree that all slaves in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were free. Photo by Ron Cogswell
The Mercer-Williams House, setting of John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Photo Credit
Photo by Jim Crotty
Some of the non-developed portions of Tybee Island, a popular beach just outside of Savannah. Tybee is a popular vacation destination but isn't overly populated even in the summer. Photo by Angi English
A bit of a departure from the rest of the South, Savannah is full of young progressive people, hipsters and chic alike. Photo by TJR Photography
Taking a carriage ride, available in abundance in Savannah's downtown, is a relaxing way to gain more knowledge about the city's past than you could ever remember. Photo by Lego Riki


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Bungie Responding to Fan Feedback by Modifying Destiny 2's Blue Engrams
The Destiny 2 community has been anticipating several changes, and the next update is no exception. It will be tackling the issue of gear and reward management by making changes to blue engram drops. This has been a long-standing issue of debate about vault space and new skins for pre-existing weapon models, as seen in Lightfall 's The Game Awards trailer. With this alteration, players will no longer have to worry about potentially missing out on better gear due to random blue engrams appearing in the world.
As Destiny 2's fifth year comes to a close, the current season, Season of the Seraph, will lead the way for the upcoming struggle with Calus and The Witness in Lightfall. Players will be asked to awaken and reconstruct the Warmind Rasputin, with the help of the Brays, Mara Sov, and Osiris, to prepare for the conflict with The Witness and its followers. On the other hand, the Hive god of war Xivu Arath is looking to seize the Warmind's inactive armory to use it against The Last City and its allies, not to mention the abundance of secrets within Rasputin's databanks.
In advance of the forthcoming expansion on February 28th, 2023, Bungie has already implemented some modifications to the game. A recent TWAB post reported that one of these alterations will be that blue engram will no longer drop from world drops for players once their gear power reaches the soft cap for that expansion or season. In its stead, a Glimmer bauble, holding the same amount of Glimmer as what would have been obtained by dismantling the blue gear, will be dispensed.
An alteration to blue engrams has likewise caused an alteration to gunsmith leveling, as taking apart blue gear had been a factor in helping players rank up their gunsmith level with Banshee-44. In light of this, Bungie has declared that they will be increasing the Gunsmith reputation gains by 25%. Though they admit that this change may not influence every blue drop in the game, they are confident that it will be sufficient to help pacify player discontent.
For a few years, Bungie had been asked by longtime players to make gear and reward management easier. Once they hit the soft cap, blue gear became ineffective and wasted inventory space, potentially costing them gear from specific activities. Players will likely be joyful with this change, as well as the revisions to build crafting that Bungie recently discussed in a blog post for Lightfall.
Destiny 2 can be experienced on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X/S.
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