Highest and the Largest Swing at Glenview Springs.
The highest, at 1300 feet and the largest swing of the world is located in Glenview Springs in Colorado, USA. The swing is visible from afar.
An auto garage in Paris 'Only Girls' Mechanics is gaining popularity and is in headlines in Paris, France. Only women workers work here.
Tucson, Arizona; USA has the largest aerospace maintenance center of the world.


Explore Cuban culture and history through the voices of talented Cuban authors. The writing in this series is lyrical, compelling, and poetic.
Developed by Pilar del Carmen Tirado, Ph.D.
In this remarkable testimony, Cuban novelist and anthropologist Miguel Barnet presents the narrative of 105-year-old Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave in the sugar fields, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier in the Cuban War of Independence, and who ultimately lived to see the Cuban revolution's promise of education and medical care, including a nursing home where he was being interviewed. This book was chosen for the series because the runaway slave's life story is uniquely interesting since introduces the reader to multidimensional cultural details about slavery and slave populations erased in general discussions of slavery. Furthermore, it is one of the few accounts that exist of Latin American slavery from the point of view of the slaves.
In these short stories, set in 1990s Cuba during the hard times following the collapse of the Soviet Union, people go to work only to find that their jobs no longer exist. They joke and tell stories from the past, live aimlessly, uncertain about what the future holds. While living in this state of suspension, Ponte's dynamic characters create their own startling worlds. This book was selected because it departs from both the utopian-political and the romantic-baroque styles of past Cuban literature, and deftly sketches a picture of a contemporary Cuba that is very different from the stereotype of Caribbean life, full of music and dance and colorful celebration.
A thrilling tale written in 1958, told against the backdrop of Havana in the era of Batista's violent tyranny. It tells the story of how two men (a student on the run and a ticket seller at a concert hall) find their lives and fates intertwined. Attention to details that are constant variants on preceding detail build the tension to a stunning climax. An anonymous student flees a team of shadowy, relentless political assassins, and ultimately takes refuge in a symphony hall during a performance of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. This nightmarish novella does not tell a story so much as map the secret political infrastructure of cities, governments, churches, music, and bodies. It was chosen for the series due to its extraordinary ability to convey the claustrophobia and frustrations under the Batista regime and as an allegory for any tyrannical regime.
A superb novel that delves into the themes of family, history, culture, and self-definition. A patchwork of incident, memory, letters, dreams and visions provides glimpses of a Cuban family at home and in exile in the '70's and '80's. This book was chosen because it captures the hard lives of those in Cuba and of those who are dedicated to the ideals of the revolution, yet also presents the vivid picture of those who have left Cuba and carry a profound bitterness against the revolution. Cristina Garcia presents the lives of all these people, their hardships, triumphs, doubts, personal weaknesses and strengths without much comment. Her considerable ability as a writer seems to be in creating well-rounded believable characters who reveal so much of the times and situations in which history has thrust them.
This magnificent innovative detective story is haunted by the tragic story and passion of its characters. A best seller in Cuba today, it is the first of a series of four books featuring inspector Mario Conde. A young man in a beautiful red dress is found strangled in a Havana park. Conde's investigation into a violent murder exposes a stifling, corrupt society, a Cuban reality where nothing is what it seems. A dark and fascinating world of men and women born in the revolution who live without dreaming of exile and seek their identity in the midst of disaster. A true page-turner!
Workshop: Saturday January, 26, 11:00 – 3:30 p.m.
A reading and writing workshop with Belfast Poet and Writer Linda Buckmaster.
Writing about place involves working with the elements that make a specific place unique. This may include the layers of history, the natural world, culture, and the built environment across time to bring us to the present moment. Writers might be advocates, critics, or lovers of a place but either way, a sense of place helps us ground our writing on any topic.
We will begin our writing process with a Reading Packet of other place-based contemporary and historical writers of prose and poetry. We will "read like a writer," to paraphrase Francine Prose, unpacking the tools the authors have used in their work such as image, voice, language, and structure.
No previous writing experience is necessary, and the first hour of the workshop is open to those who are readers only. After lunch break, the balance of the workshop is open to writers of all levels and suitable for writers of poetry, prose, or other genre. By developing the craft of writing about place, participants will discover more about their subjects, allowing them to better understand and present their world and experiences.
Saturday January, 26, 11:00 – 3:30 p.m. (with lunch break). The first hour of the workshop will be devoted to discussion of the Readings to include those readers who are not interested in the writing module. After lunch, the afternoon will be focused on using the readings and writing prompts to create new work.
This program was made possible by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council.
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Linda Buckmaster has over 20 years of experience teaching adults at the university level and in community settings. Her community-based writing workshops have been held in public libraries, arts centers, and gardens; on islands and at Senior College. Her program, "Writing Place. Landscape, People and the Natural World" and its variations have been particularly popular. Many Maine writers, established and beginners, are inspired by our place in the state.
Linda always uses as models the work of other published authors. The writing workshop is appropriate for beginners and published writers, each of whom will write at their own level of competence.
Participants will gain confidence that they can indeed do that too in their own voices. Linda maintains a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere so that participants can feel comfortable trying new things and sharing their work. The goal is that each participant will leave with a "keeper" – a beginning or scrap that they can expand upon after the workshop. For the more experienced, they may gain insights for a piece they are already working on.
Have you ever heard of Maine Public Library Fund State Income Tax Check-off program? It allows you to easily support Maine Libraries when you file your state taxes.
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library was awarded $2,500 to support our senior book group Books & Bites!
This grant award was made possible by every Mainer who ticked the box to support Maine Libraries. Thank you to everyone who supported the Maine Public Library Fund Last year! Let's pay it forward, and tick the box this tax season to keep valuable programs funded for communities around the state.
Books and Bites is a large print book group run by our Circulation Coordinator, Meg Donaldson. She travels to St. Andrew's Village once a month to facilitate a book discussion of the selected large print title. Now, through the support from the Maine Public Library Fund, BHML will be able to build more large print book group kits, and add new locations for more book groups! Stay tuned for where Books & Bites might pop up next; for information on the current group at St. Andrew's Village, contact Meg at 207-633-3112 or email her at meg@bbhlibrary.org.
Wednesday, October 24, at 5:30 p.m.
"NaNoWriMo" stands for National Novel Writing Month. During the entire month of November, people from coast to coast accept the challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in those 30 days. If you've always wanted to write a novel, now's your chance! If you've written several and want to challenge yourself, now's your chance! Since 2005, I've participated in NaNoWriMo three times—this year will mark my fourth.
Come join me at Boothbay Harbor Regional Library on Wednesday, October 24, at 5:30 p.m. for a "pre-planning" session. There we'll set goals and discuss strategies to meet your daily word count, as well as answer questions about the NaNoWriMo rules.
Throughout the month of November, we'll meet once a week to check in, cheer each other on, and write. I'm looking forward to seeing and writing with you!
A Book Talk with Florence Rosenberg, the daughter of Françoise Pène.
Please join us in the Great Room for a talk with Florence Rosenberg, the daughter of Françoise Pène, whose memoirs were recently translated from their original French and published in English.
Her fascinating life spanned the 20th century. Born in 1904, she lived through both World Wars and then well into modern times, until her death in 1997. Hear Florence discuss her mother's unique life.
Books are currently available for sale at the library. All proceeds will be generously donated to the Library. One book is available for checkout.
Join Bill Mook, owner of Mook Sea Farm for a discussion on the intersection between business and science as it applies to aquaculture and climate change.
Mr. Mook will explain how Mook Sea Farm grows their oysters from egg to market size; and he will also discuss the environmental changes that cost farmers now and threaten our future. He will describe the steps Mook Sea Farm is taking to avoid risk, take advantage of business opportunities afforded to us by climate change, and help push America towards a clean energy future.
Bill's will educate attendees about the effects of ocean acidification; his expertise inspired when he discovered a troubling link between productivity losses and precipitation events at his farm. He educated himself on coastal acidification and became a resource for other shellfish hatchery and farm operators in the U.S. and abroad.
There will be time for questions and discussion at the end of his talk.
The State of Maine and the Ku Klux Klan. Improbable as it sounds, the KKK took root in Maine in the 1920s, reaching such heights that it helped elect Governor Ralph Owen Brewster, the mayors of Rockland, Bath, Saco and Westbrook and many others.
This shocking time in Maine's history, omitted from history textbooks for nearly 100 years, will be explored and discussed by author Mark Alan Leslie.
Maine's connection to the famous Underground Railroad that helped free runaway slaves in the mid-1800s does not begin and end with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Indeed, from Kittery to Fort Fairfield, Mainers conspired together to break the law — the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 — forming a network of "safe houses," hiding slaves from slave hunters and scurrying them to Canada.
The Midcoast area was not immune to the Klan's recruitment.
Hodgdon Buzzell, president of the Maine State Senate, was a proud member of the Belfast KKK klavern and Rockland's citizens elected Carlton Snow, who was endorsed by the Klan. Meanwhile, Rev. E.V. Allen of Rockland was one of the first to join the Rockland Klan and in respect for his diligent service the Klan officials elevated him to the office of Grand Klaliff, State of Maine.
Meanwhile, parades were held in Portland, Gardiner, Milo, Dexter, Brewer and elsewhere.
Leslie will tell the tale of the rise and fall of this organization which, now and again, still makes headlines in Maine today.
The Monmouth resident's fictional novel, The Crossing, is a sweeping — and ultimately uplifting — look at the KKK's impact on a small western Maine town in 1923.
Called "a seasoned wordsmith…in the class of John Grisham" by the American Family Association's AFA Journal, Leslie burst onto the scene in 2008 with Midnight Rider for the Morning Star, then earned Featured Book status from Publishers Weekly for his 2015 novel, True North: Tice's Story, about the Underground Railroad in Maine.
After his talk, Leslie will be available to sign his novels, including three contemporary action/adventures, the latest being The Last Aliyah, published this spring.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin was instrumental in raising awareness of the scourge of slavery, but it took scores of people here in Maine to make the dream of escape a reality," Leslie said.
Everywhere, anyone who helped slaves escape could be jailed and fined — as much as $9,000 — if caught in the act. So they were putting their lives and fortunes in jeopardy.
Some African-American families in Maine have relatives in the Maritimes as a result of surreptitious activities among the approximately 75 homes, churches and other sites recognized as likely stops along the Underground Railroad in Portland, Brunswick, Vassalboro, Augusta, Eastport, Auburn, Biddeford, Orono, Fort Fairfield and elsewhere.
Leslie, a longtime journalist, first burst on the literary scene with his novel Midnight Rider for the Morning Star, based on the life of Francis Asbury, America's first circuit-riding preacher.
The Monmouth resident's fictional novel, True North: Tice's Story, is a rousing adventure, following a slave's escape rom Kentucky on the Underground Railroad through Maine to Canada. Publisher's Weekly selected True North as a Featured Book when it was released in 2016.
It's hard to believe it's been 3 years since the first phase of the library renovation. Please provide your feedback about the Library's current space to aid our process moving forward.
Are you taking the SAT on August 25? The library is hosting a free, full-length, timed SAT practice test from 3:30 – 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 15. Bring pencils, a calculator, and your college board account login information (so we can score the test) and we'll provide the rest!
BHML will discontinue Mango Languages on August 30, 2018.
The Maine State Library recently added Pronunciator Language Learning; which is an online language learning tool similar to Mango Languages. Users can download the app, or take lessons from a laptop or desktop.
Where we have been subscribing to Mango with library funds, access to Pronunciator Language Learning is free. By discontinuing Mango, the Library is able to maximize its budget, and still provide free online access to language learning. We hope the dedicated users of Mango Languages will understand!
If you need any assistance setting up your Pronunciator Language Learning account, please don't hesitate to call or visit the Library.


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Show Me Lanes could become U-Haul facility
Oakville's bowling alley could become a self-storage facility and U-Haul rental site under a proposal set to be considered by the county Planning Commission at a public hearing Monday.
Show Me Lanes in Oakville, 4575 Lemay Ferry Road, is the site of the zoning proposal from Amerco Real Estate Co. Besides self-storage and U-Haul rental, the company is asking for warehousing and associated retail sales at the 3.8-acre site.
The planning panel will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, in the County Council Chambers at the Administration Building at 41 S. Central Ave., Clayton.
The project is in the district of 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville.
In Oakville, the U-Haul company is seeking amended C-8 commercial zoning at Show Me Lanes. The total area for the buildings proposed is 103,765 square feet, according to plans submitted to the county.
Show Me Lanes has operated at the site since 1978.
Snowy and windy Friday expected in South County, region
Missouri lawmakers react to Capitol riot
Eric Schmitt denies involvement in call for Trump supporters to march on U.S. Capitol
Josh Hawley's major donor calls for him to be censured by the U.S. Senate
Majority of Missouri congressional delegation was set to object to Joe Biden's victory

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Heydon est un patronyme et toponyme pouvant désigner:

Patronyme
 (1561-1623), soldat et membre du parlement anglais
 (né en 1943), juge australien
 (mort en 1504), notable anglais

 (1848-1918), homme politique australien de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
Martin Heydon (né en 1978), homme politique irlandais
 (1874-1913), joueur de baseball américain
 (né en 1970), joueur de fléchettes professionnel britannique
 (né en 1970), producteur et scénariste canadien

Prénom
 (né en 1981), activiste et acteur britannique

Toponyme

, village du Cambridgeshire
, village du Norfolk
Hedon (ou Heydon), ancienne circonscription britannique du Yorkshire de l'Est

Voir aussi

Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de toponyme

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Kristine Perpête (2 oktober 1971) is een Vlaamse actrice, regisseuse en danseres.

Biografie
Kristine Perpête studeerde in 1994 af aan het Hoger Instituut voor Dans en Danspedagogie, waar ze de richting Theaterdans en Musical volgde. Sindsdien geeft ze lessen Beweging en Spel bij theaterstudio Piep in Boom.

In 1991 speelde ze mee in het theaterstuk "Geschiedenis van het Paard", met wijlen Bert André. Van 1994 tot 1996 was ze te zien in verschillende musicals, waaronder "Hollywood by Night", "Chess" en "The Sound of Music" bij Het Ballet Van Vlaanderen.

Van 1997 tot 2010 speelde Perpête de rol van Els d'Hollander in de bekende Vlaamse soapserie Familie. In 2010 verdween ze op eigen vraag uit de reeks, nadat haar rol steeds kleiner en onbelangrijker werd.

Sinds enkele jaren neemt ze ook regies op zich, van onder andere "Bim Bam Baba", "De tovenaar van Oz", "Pinokkio", "Jaloezie", "De meiden" en "Assepoester". Naast het acteren en lesgeven, presenteert ze ook regelmatig en zet ze zich in voor goede doelen. Sport is haar grote hobby.

Privé
Kristine Perpête is sinds 2001 getrouwd met Steven De Decker. Samen hebben ze 2 kinderen: een dochter Josefien (geboren in 2004) en een zoon Jerôme (geboren in 2008). Tussen beide kreeg ze twee miskramen.

In 2009 werd Perpête geveld door een zware nekhernia, met een hersenbreuk tot gevolg. Uiteindelijk hield ze - na een operatie en lange herstelperiode - hier niets aan over.

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This week I'm not starting off with a review, but with a discussion post! Something that really irks me is the lack of YA Contemporary novels that deal with Spies, Government Agencies, and Conspiracies. We have a wide variety pretty much of any sub-genre, but not this one. Why is that? Is it because there isn't such a big demand or there aren't enough authors writing these types of stories?
Yes, we have spies, assassins, and government agents in dystopian novels, sci-fi novels, and fantasy novels, but not in contemporary novels. I say that it isn't fair. Sometimes I just want some spies in my life you know? One of the reasons I love Ally Carter is because Spies, Government Agents, Conspiracies, Con-artists are the things she writes about in a pure contemporary world. Jennifer Lynn Barnes who is Ally Carter's friend also writes in these sub-genres. Apart from them, I don't know other authors that focus solely on that.
I would have included "The Name is the Star" by Maureen Johnson, but it is a paranormal contemporary novel. It's not pure contemporary and that is where it irks me. We have action movies that do not have sic-fi, paranormal, fantasy, or dystopian elements to them, but where are the books that are just pure action and suspense? That is my question. That is what I want people to answer me.
I want to hear from you now. Do you like to read these type of novels or do you prefer this spy, assassin, etc., thing when it is in a dystopian or fantasy world (ex: Delirium , Throne of Glass, etc.)? and why?
Hopefully you will shed some light on this subject because it's just not fair. Not fair at all.
WEEK THREE IS OVER! WOOO!
I've had tons of fun doing this and I hope you guys have had as much fun participating as well. Below is a list of the posts that were a part of "The Re-Reads" week. If we missed your post or discussion by any chance, go ahead and leave it down in the comments below and we will add it to the list accordingly.
Sa joins us mid month after a slump!
Week 4 is the week I have been anticipating the most since the very beginning. It focuses on several sub-genres I am very passionate about. This week it is all about spies, conspiracies, and drama. I am a sucker for those sub-genres and I wish they were more popular than they are.
We will be having a challenge this week too! Throughout the week, on both Kayla's and my posts, you'll find clues hidden around. All of the clues will put together the answer that you'll need on Friday – the correct answer gets you an extra point in our giveaway!
Who is excited for this week?! I AM!
I reread the first 4 books in the series and skimmed the fifth one in order to get ready for the final book in the Gallagher Girls series. It was a very wise decision on my part because I had forgotten a lot of key details of the series (I read the first book in 2008).
United We Spy is exactly what I wanted in the last book of this amazing series. I was blown away by how well everything was tied together so neatly. We were able to see all of our favorite characters and we even found out information that we didn't know we wanted until the moment Ally Carter put that little seed of information in our head. I'm trying really hard not to spoil the novel for those who have not read the Gallagher Girls series, but know that I was blown away by this book.
I devoured United We Spy in one sitting. The book felt too short for my liking and the ending left me with so many questions, but any other ending would have not done Cammie justice. We got a lot of Zach & Cammie moments, and we blessed with the presence of some characters we hadn't seen in a few books.
I am absolutely happy with how the series ended, but at the same time I am bummed out that I will not be waiting another year for the next Gallagher Girls book as I have been doing since 2008.
What HP is to other people, Gallagher Girls is to me.
I was a Gallagher Girl through High School, College, and now as a Post-Graduate trying to tackle the world. Even though this series has ended, I will always be a Gallagher Girl.
The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school, that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE, the latest in chemical warfare in science; and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes computer class. So in truth, Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but its really a school for spies. Cammie Morgan is a second generation Gallagher Girl, and by her sophomore year she's already fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways (three of which involve a piece of uncooked spaghetti.) But the one thing the Gallagher Academy hasn't prepared her for is what to do when she falls for an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, and track him through a mall without his ever being the wiser, but can she have a regular relationship with a regular boy who can never know the truth about her?
Cammie may be an elite spy in training, but in her sophomore year, shes beginning her most dangerous mission; she's falling in love.
The last time I read this book was about 5 years ago. Reading it again after such a long time, it was almost like reading it for the first time. I had completely forgotten how the whole Josh thing went down. The first time I read it, I was confused with the whole Josh thing and how things worked (writing style-wise), but reading it now, my experience was crisp clean reading.
I liked the pacing of the novel and I fell for Joe Solomon. I wasn't a big fan of Joe Solomon until the third book, but now, a totally different experience. Re-reading it again made me love the Gallagher Girls even more. If you haven't read the Gallagher Girls series, I suggest you do. The first book may seem like it is for a 13 year old girl, but as the series progresses, so do the books. The series matured along with its audience. Oh and this book is the nicest and fluffiest book you are going to get. The rest is heartbreak town. Good Luck!
Today's Top Ten Tuesday is about…impulse buys and I guess it was time the world knew what made me say, "Take my money!" (Oh Tumblr Memes…). Thank you The Broke and The Bookish for creating such fun meme's, even if it does mean that the world will find out about my bad impulsive buying habits.
I've secretly wanted to be a spy all my life but I lack the skills and um physical fitness needed for that type of job.
I love a good con. This explains my continuing support of the Heist Society Series by Ally Carter and the USA Network TV show, White Collar.
I've always lived at home and when it was time to go to college, I picked a university that was an hour and a half away from home. I guess I've always wanted to move thousands of miles away and see how that is. The only way I can experience that is through books.
I think Ana and the French Kiss and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. I love those two books. Now I want to go to Europe.
I get these moments when all I want to read is dystopian books. I've been a fan of dystopian books since I was in middle school. My favorite dystopian novel then was "The Bar Code Tattoo". I kind of want to re-read now since it has been almost a decade since I last read it.


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Caffeine in Tea and Soda
List of Caffeine-Free Foods
Caffeine in Slim-Fast
How Much Caffeine Is in Coffee Ice Cream?
Caffeine and Dove Dark Chocolate
The Caffeine in Ice Cream
Written by Michelle Powell-Smith
If you enjoy a bowl of ice cream before bed, you might be disrupting your sleep. While some flavors won't impact your sleep, others can contain caffeine. If you're sensitive to caffeine, even a small amount may trigger insomnia or cause you to sleep badly. Save caffeinated creamy treats for daytime snacks.
Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant found in coffee, tea and chocolate. This drug stimulates the central nervous system, increasing alertness, alleviating fatigue and improving mental focus. Moderate doses of caffeine, under 300 milligrams per day, are safe for most adults. Kids should limit their consumption to no more than 100 milligrams per day. Higher doses may cause insomnia, agitation and anxiety. Some people are sensitive enough to these side effects that they prefer to avoid caffeine entirely.
Many flavors of ice cream, including vanilla, strawberry, caramel and peanut butter, are free of caffeine. For an ice cream to contain caffeine, it must have a natural source of caffeine as an ingredient 2. Coffee ice cream, if naturally flavored, is often caffeinated. Chocolate ice creams or those with chocolate candy as an ingredient contain lower levels of caffeine.
The amount of caffeine in ice cream varies and is affected by the serving size. An 8 ounce serving of coffee-flavored ice cream contains between 50 and 83 grams of caffeine, or about the same amount as half a cup of coffee. A cup of chocolate ice cream comes in at a much more moderate 6 milligrams of caffeine. Keep in mind that ice cream with added chocolate candy will have a higher amount of caffeine. Just 1/4 cup of chocolate candy adds 8 mg of caffeine to your bowl of ice cream.
Information about caffeine is required on all nutrition labels, including ice cream. Check labels carefully before you buy, especially if you're a fan of coffee or mocha ice creams. If you're buying for the kids to enjoy at bedtime, opt for vanilla, strawberry or butter pecan over chocolate with chocolate candy chunks to help them rest through the night.
Neuroscience for Kids; Caffeine; Eric H. Chudler
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Caffeine Content in Food & Drugs
CBS News; Decaffeinate Your Kids; Rome Neal; February 11, 2009
With a master's degree in art history from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Michelle Powell-Smith has been writing professionally for more than a decade. An avid knitter and mother of four, she has written extensively on a wide variety of subjects, including education, test preparation, parenting, crafts and fashion.
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Matt Russell recently brought his Diamondback Serios to the A2 Wind Tunnel in Mooresville, NC and I took a closer look at this race ready machine. He last raced his Andean in Kona but that bike apparently had to stay in Hawaii until the accident investigation is completed. Russell got a new Andean shipped to his house just after he left for the wind tunnel, and he will likely soon move back to that that bike, but this is what he has been racing the last few months.
The Serios of Matt Russell pretty much came straight from the Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga to the wind tunnel. The bib number 1 was still on his bike and also on his aero helmet.
A look down from the top at the Hed cockpit on the Diamonback Serios.
The bike computer was not in place, but it is pretty easy to imagine where it usually sits.
There is a lot going on at the front end of Matt Russell's bike.
The shifting is handled via Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 buttons both on the extensions and the brake levers.
I did not open the bento box to see what is in it, but my guess would have been Haribo gummy bears. Russell however shared that a repair kit and spare contacts have their home in said bento box.
Matt Russell races on an ISM Prologue saddle.
The water cage bottle (with a bottle) under the seat was moved up higher during testing in the wind tunnel, but it turned out that it was faster lower for him. That is typically not the case.
23mm Continental Grand Prix TT tires up front on the Knight Composites 65 Clincher wheel. Stopping is handled by a TriRig Omega brake.
TriRig Omega brakes also handle the stopping of the rear Knight Composites 95 Clincher wheel. The tire in the back is also a 23mm Continental Grand Prix TT model.
... and he uses a Stages Power Meter on that setup.
A CeramicSpeed OSPS is attached to the Shimano Dura-Ace rear derailleur.
The Speedplay Zero Aero pedals are always a nice touch.


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Q: How to tell if a user is visiting "/Default.aspx" or just "/" I am writing in the Application_BeginRequest part of my Global.asax.cs.
For SEO purposes, I'm trying to redirect users that are looking at:
http://www.example.com/Default.aspx

to:
http://www.example.com/

My question is:
How can I tell which the user is looking at? I've been using:
HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.*

But all the parameters are identical regardless of which one I am visiting.

A: Im pretty sure this particular redirect happens at an IIS level not inside your application logic, prehaps turn off the default page stuff in IIS?

A: If your are using IIS 7.x, you should look at this tutorial: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/....
It explains how to setup redirect for SEO.
If you can't use the <rewrite> tag in your web.config, this post should help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/363231/...

A: For a request to:
http://domain.com/

when referenced from the Begin_Request event in an HttpModule:
HttpContext.HttpRequest.Url.AbsolutePath == "/"
... Url.AbsoluteUri = "http://domain.com/"
... Url.LocalPath = "/"

If you're not seeing those values from Application_BeginRequest, you might need to register a separate HttpModule. Global.asax events are only called for managed HttpHandlers, so they may not be called until after IIS does an internal redirect (transfer) to "/default.aspx".
You may also need to disable default document handling in IIS for this to work in the direction you're interested in (most sites redirect from / to /default.aspx, not the other way around).
Edit: another idea. Register a new extension as an ASP.NET page handler, with a build provider (in web.config) -- maybe *.asph or something like that. Then rename your existing default.aspx to default.asph. Next, add default.asph to the top of the list of default files in IIS, replacing default.aspx. Create a new default.aspx file, whose only function in the code behind is to redirect to /. That should do it.

A: If it's just SEO you are concerned about, then you can use the the canonical "tag".
If you place this in your Default.aspx page:
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.mysite.com/" />

Google will always index
http://www.mysite.com/Default.aspx

as
http://www.mysite.com/

preventing both pages being indexed and competing in the search results.
You can read more here: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html

A: You can get the path entered in the user's browser with:
string path = Request.RawUrl;

MSDN

A: You may try
HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.*

with wrong parameters:
so get your site visitor url by :
Request.AppRelativeCurrentExecutionFilePath

for more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.apprelativecurrentexecutionfilepath.aspx
Please provide more info and your try about your issue

A: If you request http://www.site.com/, it will redirect to http://www.site.com/default.aspx long before your code runs (this is visible to the browser of all things!).
I believe this means checking the value of HTTP-Referer will tell you what you want to know.
How to get HTTP Referer: Getting the HTTP Referrer in ASP.NET
Now then, if the user visited http://www.site.com, your code sees http://www.site.com/default.aspx called with referer of http://www.site.com. This doesn't tell you where they came from, but it does tell you they accessed the site directly.
You have the advantage here that most search engines follow the redirect and grab the actual page, so the referer value is usable to tell if the user came from a search engine or not. However, for other cases, you're better off walking the IIS logs.
Notice that due to the infrastructure in ASP.NET redirecting / to /default.aspx, you cannot redirect /default.aspx to / without creating an infinite loop. If you want to serve / directly, you're going to need a shim in front of IIS.

A: Request.url will give you the current url which is opened in the browser window.
You can use this to code something you want.
You can also do this by using iis. Set Default.aspx as your default page and whenever someone opens your site the address will be www.yoursite.com\
If you are trying to hide your current url from the user then its not recommended but you can use url rewrite for iis

A: The best way to know what it's in the user's browser location is via javascript.
If you want to redirect everyone from Default.aspx back to just www.mysite.com, you can do something like this:
$(document).ready(function() {
 if(window.location.href == "http://www.mysite.com/Default.aspx")
  window.location.href = "http://www.mysite.com/"
});

Note: this relies on jquery for $(document), but you get the idea

A: Use a combination of routing and the IIS rewrite module. You may need to tweak this to suit a bit for the trailing slash (if you want one or not). I also have all my page names in lowercase. Using this will all but ensure a consistent 301 Permanent Redirect for your default.aspx page and fall in line with SEO best practices.
in Global.asax:
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Routing" %>
<%@ Application Language="C#" %>

<script runat="server">

    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RouteTable.Routes.MapPageRoute("default", string.Empty, "~/default.aspx");
    }

and then in your web.config:
<rewrite>
  <rules>
    <rule name="Default Document" stopProcessing="true">
      <match url="(.*?)/?default\.aspx$" ignoreCase="true" />
      <action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}/" redirectType="Permanent" />
    </rule>
  </rules>
</rewrite>

If your not familiar with routing, you would then access the home page in a link as such:
<asp:HyperLink ID="homeLink" runat="server" NavigateUrl="<%$RouteUrl:RouteName=default %>">HOME</asp:HyperLink>

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Average Taxpayer to Save $177 under Scott Walker's Tax Cut Proposal
By MacIverNews - January 29, 2014
Income Taxes, LFB, Property Taxes, Scott Walker, Tax Cut, Taxes, Taxpayer
MacIver News Service | January 29, 2014
[Madison, Wisc…] The average taxpayer and homeowner in Wisconsin is expected to save $177 in the upcoming fiscal year if the legislature passes Governor Scott Walker's income and property tax cuts, according to new reports from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB).
The Governor announced he intends to give back more than $800 million in surplus to taxpayers during his State of the State address last week. This came shortly after the LFB announced Wisconsin would end fiscal year 2015 (FY15) with more than $1 billion in surplus.
The average homeowner of the state's median-valued home of $151,000 will save $131 under Walker's plan. In total, property taxes will be reduced by more than $400 million.
All income taxpayers will also see a reduction in the coming year. Income taxes will drop by $46 for the average worker.
The legislature is expected to convene in a special session in the coming months to pass Walker's plan, which many legislators have already said they support.
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2011 Beverage Excellence Award Winners
The 2011 Cheers Beverage Excellence Awards salute the on-premise beverage alcohol industry's leaders in concept innovation and implementation.
The 2011 Cheers Beverage Excellence Awards salute the on-premise beverage alcohol industry's leaders in concept innovation and implementation. This recognition is one of the highest beverage industry honors bestowed upon operators of chain and multi-concept restaurants.
Winners were chosen by a judging panel made up of beverage professionals and members of the Cheers editorial team. Award criteria centers around beverage program originality and its impact on overall sales and profitability. Winning programs include new programs as well as initiatives that have stood the test of time.
The awards will be presented by Cheers publisher Charles Forman and editor-in-chief Liza B. Zimmerman during the Cheers Beverage Conference at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans on January 25 to 26, 2011.
Best Chain overall beverage program
Sponsored by Monin
Putting the Bar Back in Bar Louie
It's almost 8 p.m. on a chilly November night in Evanston, IL. and Blake Rohrabaugh is getting close. Sipping a mix of Bourbon, Grand Marnier and apple juice with dash of Angostura bitters he's just poured into a glass rimmed with crushed candy canes, Rohrabaugh pronounces the holiday cocktail good, but not quite good enough. "It has to be great," says Rohrabaugh, beverage director of Glenview, IL.-based Bar Louie, dumping the drink. Especially if it's going to join four other already perfected cocktails just developed for Bar Louie's 2011 "Sips of the Season" Holiday promotional line-up." You can get a good drink anywhere," Rohrabaugh explains. "But a great drink? We want people to know they can rely on getting that here."
This "good isn't good enough" mantra has helped Bar Louie hone in on developing more cohesive beverage programming throughout the 43-unit chain over the last two years. That in turn has fueled Bar Louie's continued climb in beverage sales. Sales jumped 13.8 percent in 2009 and another 7.8 percent in 2010 to the point that beverages now account for 57 percent of Bar Louie's total sales. Spirits represent 30 percent, beer 24.6 percent and wine 3.5 percent of the group's drinks mix. And the team has set its sights even higher, hoping to continue that climb. These sales increases and the chain's dedication to producing stellar drinks across categories have garnered it the Cheers' 2011 Best Chain Overall Beverage Program, sponsored by Monin.
It all started with some navel gazing of the right sort. "Back in 2008 we took a hard look at our beverage programs system wide and realized that they were very eclectic, and not eclectic in a good way," explains Rohrabaugh. "Nothing was cohesive. The 'bar' in Bar Louie had gotten lost somewhere. We needed to integrate what we were doing with culinary, beverage and marketing into one plan."
Working to pull everything together, Bar Louie recast itself and rebranded its beverage programs to better capture the hip, fun, neighborhood-bar mystique. "We changed how we described the drinks, came out with an upscale hard-cover menu that featured beverages more prominently than food and started developing a personality-with-attitude for a behind the scenes 'Louie' by adding 'Louie Says,' 'Louie's Advice' and 'Louie's Notions' comments and tips on the menus. We also put into place a much more comprehensive beer and cocktail promotional program," says Rohrabaugh.
Back to Better Bartending
The company also put a lot more emphasis on bartender training. "When we were only nine units, most managers were the bartenders and it was easy to convey that neighborhood bar feel," says Rohrabaugh "But with 43 units that got away from us." To put better bartending back into the equation, Bar Louie instituted a training program in 2010 including a new bar book focusing on drink-making techniques, recipes, day-to-day activities and practical skills like "Knowing Bar Lingo" and "How to Handle an Unruly Customer," under the banner of "How to be a Good Bartender." Rohrabaugh also sends out monthly newsletters on new techniques, drink specials and beer programming.
In order to foster creativity within the ranks, Bar Louie also encourages all unit bartenders to submit recipes to be considered for inclusion on new menus every year. And, "we have a best bartender competition to determine the best bartender at each location, and system wide," says Rohrabaugh.
As part and parcel of its rebranding, Bar Louie has also redoubled efforts to stay on the cutting edge with cocktail development while still maintaining high volume and consistency. "This is not a place were you can spend 15 minutes making one drink," says Rohrabaugh. "But there's no reason we can't be cutting edge by being among the first chain-restaurant bars to carry new spirits on the market [such as] Red Stag Black Cherry Bourbon infusion, cachaça, St. Germain, and finding ways to create drinks that are great and deliverable by our staff even when they're busy."
Cutting Edge, Approachably
Lately, Rohrabaugh says he's been developing more drinks with gin, rum and whiskey, with fun names and promotional materials and events designed to make new drinks approachable. A few examples include the Naughty Irish School Girl, made with X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, Jameson Irish Whiskey, grapefruit juice, grenadine, an orange wedge and a Blow Pop sucker, priced at from $9 to $10 depending on location. And, The Torched Cherry Lemonade, made with Bacardi Torched Cherry Rum, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, sour mix, Fee Brothers' Orange Bitters and lemon juice, priced from $9 to $10 depending on location.
Rohrabaugh also continues to work on improving the quality of what goes into all the drinks. "We used to have this awful sour mix on the gun," he says. "We wanted to do fresh, housemade sour mix, but it just wasn't feasible with the volume we do to hand-squeeze all of that citrus." Nationwide searches finally yielded a Florida source for gallon-jugs of fresh lime and lemon juice mixed with sugar.
Rohrabaugh also selectively menus at least a few drinks that rely on specialty ingredients, like the pumpkin puree that was in one of last year's holiday specialty cocktails and the egg white that was in the Velvet (made with Ultimate Vodka, St. Germain, egg white, fresh sour mix and orange bitters), priced at $9 to $10 depending on location. "These may not be the biggest sellers, but they add a lot in communicating quality and freshness that we're trying to achieve," says Rohrabaugh.
Behind the Beer Handles
Beerwise, Bar Louie has also expanded the number of beers it offers throughout the country, to make regional and craft beer selections more available and to enhance the neighborhood-bar image. While some smaller units have less, and big-volume units have up to 40, the average Bar Louie now has 20 beer handles to work with. "We used to mandate all of them, but now, we mandate only twelve, giving general managers the freedom to decide what else goes up there," says Rohrabaugh.
A big part of the fun behind one of the beer handles? Bar Louie's Beer of the Month. For this, each bar asks guests to submit ideas for the beer they'd like to see on tap. Ballots with four to five beers on them are circulated. Beer vendors get into the act and come in to "campaign" for their beer, handing out buttons and handshakes. Guest votes and the winning beer are celebrated at a once-monthly Beer Tapping party.
Bar Louie's current wine offerings, listed under "Louie's Grapes" on the menu, are kept to nine "Beautiful Blondes" (white wines) and 13 "Fiery Redheads" (red wines), plus one sparkling wine (Rotari Brut). Rohrabaugh says the chain doesn't plan to expand the wine program dramatically, preferring to keep the focus on beer and cocktails. "Moving forward, we plan to limit our wine selections and instead, shift our focus to capitalizing on innovative cocktails and beer offerings that enhance the culture of the Bar Louie concept. Wine-based cocktails like Sangria, however, are a growing trend and would be a great fit for our concept, especially at a $8 to $10 price point."
Creating the Buzz
To drive traffic and create constant buzz with both beer and cocktails, Bar Louie now has 10 promotional events it hosts: Beer Tapping Parties every month and several others which happen for a full month, such as Ronas and Ritas, or, on several consecutive Fridays, like Fiesta Fridays in May. Rohrabaugh says these can increase traffic from as much as 20 to 100 percent depending on the night and the event.
Of these, Ronas and Ritas (Corona beers and Bar Louie's signature Dos Sauza Margaritas for $3 throughout the month of June) has proven very popular and includes a rock-band competition sponsored by Corona. "We sold hundreds of thousands of Margaritas," says Rohrabaugh. Also in June, the chain featured its "Louie's Beach Party" one Saturday, based on a "best promotion" contest winning "Louie's Luau" that the Deerfield unit held in 2009. "Every year, we have a competition with a big-cash award offered for the winning general manager, for the unit that comes up with the best 'Louie-themed' promotion." Rohrabaugh explains. "We measure it two ways, first: 'How does it measure up year-over-year sales wise?' And second, 'Is it cool?' The company then repeats the winning promotion system wide, the following year.
Bar Louie's Sex in the City II premier parties also upped traffic at the company's mall locations by 10 to 20 percent. "We missed this opportunity with the first Sex and the City movie, so we decided to really blow it out for the second premier," says Rohrabaugh. Bar Louie rolled red carpet and put out movie-line stanchions with velvet ropes and full-size movie posters outside of participating units. Guests who saw the movie were given free drinks in exchange for movie-ticket stubs, and, Bar Louie gave away tickets to premiere movie showings.
Looking ahead, Rohrabaugh says the chain will continue to add close to twenty new cocktails each year, new beers and promos, plus fresh ingredients and fun—not-stuffy—presentations. High on that list right now is stemware. "We're switching to a classic stemmed Martini glass," says Rohrabaugh. "Of course, it is at the center of our logo." From seasonal menus to unique upcoming promotions, Bar Louie will continue to strive to be on the cutting edge in drinks trends.
Best Chain Spirits Program
Ocean Prime
Sponsored by Pernod Ricard
Ocean Prime's Updated Classics
Director of beverage Ryan Valentine remembers it clearly: "Four years ago, before Cameron Mitchell changed the name of our Columbus, Ohio Mitchell's Ocean Club to Ocean Prime, I was looking at the menu. Right underneath the restaurant name were three words: World Class Cocktails. Those words stopped me in my tracks," he says. "I realized that our cocktails just didn't measure up to that world-class title."
The moment was to be a turning point for the concept. Shortly after, Cameron Mitchell recast the Ocean Club to become Ocean Prime, a modern American supper club that has since grown into an eight-unit chain, and in tandem, Valentine has revitalized and overhauled the cocktail program to make it chef-driven and fresh-ingredient focused. The result has been a .5 percentage increase in sales mix over the last four years, which is now at 34 percent beverage. This is among the many reasons the chain has earned the Cheers' Best Chain Spirits Program Award, sponsored by Pernod Ricard.
"The way we fit the drinks with our modern-supper club identity is to take classic cocktails and update them," says Valentine. Rather than do a straight Gimlet for example, Ocean Prime does a Cucumber Gimlet, with fresh muddled cucumber, lime, simple syrup, and Bombay Sapphire gin, priced at $12. In fact, all Ocean Prime drinks are made with fresh squeezed juices and house-made mixes and purees. The fresh approach, says Valentine, does require more coordination between the bar team and kitchen staff. But staff has adjusted and now actively participates in both mixing—and creating new—drinks. To ensure accuracy, bar chefs must take pour tests and pass a practical exam, making every cocktail exactly according to recipe, before they can tend bar.
Each year, Ocean Prime also launches a fresh cocktail menu that includes four core drinks, four new cocktails and two region-specific drinks. Development of each new spate of cocktails happens with the help of a full cast of celebrity mixologists, unit chefs and bartenders, who come together during seven mixology sessions to create and test drinks.
Development of 2010's specialty drinks happened with the help of four mixologists: Kim Haasarud, Josh Durr, Tad Carducci and Bryan Loukmas who created four top-scoring drinks, all priced at $12, for Ocean Prime's list. The Black Orchid, from Hassarud, is a mix of Belvedere Black Raspberry vodka, St. Germain, fresh lemon and white cranberry juice garnished with an orchid ice-ball. Oxygen, by Carducci, has Absolut Berri Açai vodka, Plymouth, muddled white grapes, fresh basil and lemon. The Pear Grapefruit Fizz from Durr is a mix of Asian-pear-infused Finlandia Grapefruit vodka, fresh lime and grapefruit soda. And the Tequila Cocktail, from Loukmas blends Corzo Silver Tequila, fresh-squeezed orange juice and lime with spice-infused agave nectar.
Next year, Ocean Prime will continue to up the ante on bar training as all bartenders are on board to go through the Bar Smarts program. "We'd also like to do more to regionalize the Ocean Prime experience," says Valentine. "Beyond that, we just want to continue to enhance the program. Nothing over-complex or ornate, just simple, updated classics," Valentine concludes.
Best Chain Wine Program
A Taste for Discovery
P.F. Chang's creates memorable dining experiences by serving up the unexpected. A blend of Chinese design mixed with modern bistro sets the stage for a unique experience of bold creative dishes and a wide variety of drink options, many from their innovative wine list.
Mary Melton, director of beverage says, "Our goal is to offer familiar wines but also sprinkle in a couple of new discoveries. I try not to go too far out there, I look for varietals or brands that are up and coming." Scottsdale, Arizona based P.F. Chang's has 201 locations and the wine menu varies by location. There is an anchor list of 24 wines, and the rest are chosen by the individual location or picked from the "wine cellar" list.
There are some Italian and Spanish wines and even a few German Rieslings, but the selection tends to lean more towards New World wines, which pair particularly well with the bold flavored food. Wine prices range from $2.75 for a half-glass of Beringer White Zinfandel to $67 for a bottle of Franciscan "Magnificat" Cabernet Sauvignon, with the vast majority of wines in the $20 to 30 range per bottle. According to Melton, "When people go to an Italian restaurant they order pinot grigio or chianti at a steak house they go for a Dirty Martini then a cabernet sauvignon. At P.F. Chang's when they walk through the door they have no preconceived ideas. They are open to anything." This allows P.F. Chang's to offer and sell a wider variety of wines than might be expected. For their innovative take on the wine business and more P.F. Changs is the winner of Cheers' 2001 Best Chain Wine Award Program Award.
Serving a large assortment that encompasses familiar and unfamiliar choices continues to be key to the chain's success. To drive experimentation, wines are offered in a 3.5-ounce, half-glass pour, by the glass, half carafe and bottle. Because food is served family style it can be tricky to pair wines with it. P.F. Chang's encourages ordering by the glass so customers can experience variety in just one visit. The range of pour sizes enables experimentation. They also have a "build your own" wine flight, where customers can choose any three selections. That encourages them to try something they are comfortable with and something new all at once, according to Melton.
Wine descriptors arranged by mouth feel and flavor rather than by varietal also encourage exploration. Category arrangements use easy-to-understand descriptors like "Lush," "Soft & Tangy," "Rich & Spicy" and "Powerful" for red wines and "Fruity," "Floral," "Tangy" and "Creamy" for white wines. The categories include examples to further clarify, so the "Lush" category uses the descriptor "Strawberries and Raspberries," while the "Creamy" category is described as "Rich & Textured."
How does a chain create a quality wine that is a true representation of the food they offer? They build it themselves. P.F. Chang's Vineyard 518 is not simply a private label. The chain controls the varietals, vineyard sources, oak and acidity levels present, allowing them to create the wine they want, to best pair with their dishes. They are the first national restaurant group to create their own wine bag in box. It's the right thing for the environment and the wine stays fresher from a quality standpoint. The program was launched this past May 18th and the operator did a toast across the country in all locations at 5:18pm to "ring in" the new wine. Since the launch, over 35,000 glasses have been sold.
Creativity has paid off handsomely; the chain reported $50 million in wine sales for the past 12 months with wine units up 4.7 percent year over year. In the future they will continue to introduce new discovery wines, something that clearly works for their concept. They are willing to try different wines, and perhaps a Grüner Veltliner from Austria or a Spanish wine from the Priorat region will show up on menus. With discovery as a road map, the future continues to look bright for P.F. Chang's.
Best Chain beer Program
Yard House
Success on Tap
The Yard House is known for American food and classic rock music, but what truly distinguishes it is the tremendous variety of beers, all served on tap. Each store features 100 to 250 handles, the model being 130 handles and 110 brands. The state-of-the-art keg room maintains a constant temperature of 34 to 38 degrees, ensuring beer is always fresh and tastes great. This broad and growing beer selection is one of the reasons the chain has won Cheers' Best Chain Beer Program.
Yard House conducts ongoing training allowing tastings of up to 12 different beers at a time, from lighter to deeper and darker. According to Kip Snider, director of beverage for the Irvine, California based 29-location operation, "Some beers will sell themselves and so we try to focus staff training on some of the smaller brands."
Beer is served in a "half yard" 32-ounce pour, traditional pint or six-pack sampler that encourages exploration. According to Snider, "We might have a Belgian or rotating selection with six five-ounce glasses with different styles and it comes with a sheet specifying the origin, alcohol and tasting notes." Sampling is key, and they offer three-ounce pours for $1 to 2, which Snider says is not only required by some states but a good deal for Yard House.
While prices vary, domestics are priced lower than craft and imported brands, and profitability is always greater on domestics. Last year they sold 7.2 million pints, which vary in price from $4.25 to $8. Last year's beer sales were $46.3 million and the pint sales were $7.3 million and another $360,000 for half yards. Draft beer sales were $54 million.
While the beer may vary from location to location, the food stays the same. Yard House features American comfort food, sometimes with a little Asian flair. There is a wide variety of beer-friendly appetizers, sandwiches, burgers and pizza, but when it comes to pairing Snider says, "We've stayed away from it, everybody's taste buds are different so we describe the flavor profile of a dish then give a style or a few that works well with it." Ultimately the choice is the left up to the customer to drink what they like with the food they like. The beer menu is broken down into the styles like a progressive wine menu from light pub ales to stronger brews, making it easy for staff to make suggestions and guests to find something they like.
Yard House has seen tremendous success with their house beers, which are brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Company. The Yard House Craft Beer includes House Amber Ale, House Hefeweizen, House Honey Blonde and House Pale Ale. They are currently available in about half the stores and Snider is hoping to offer them company-wide in the future.
In addition to happy hour, Yard House does a "reverse happy hour" offering the same half price on appetizers and reduction on draft beers at the end of the night from 10 to 11 pm or midnight, depending on the location.
The chain is poised for growth, with 29 units by the end of 2010 in California; Colorado; Texas; Illinois; Kansas; Arizona; Hawaii; Nevada; Florida; Massachusetts and six more are planned for 2011. Snider is tight-lipped about plans for the future, but says innovations are in the works. Expect to see the development of mobile apps, Facebook and Twitter promotions soon.
Best Chain drink Program
Skinny Love
The RAM restaurant group was always at the forefront of dynamic beer service and now has carved out totally new territory for itself with a truly unique cocktail program that is ahead of the times. The chain's innovative Skinny Drinks program, debuted as an LTO in July, features unique low-cal cocktails that not only drive traffic and sales, but make the 30-unit restaurant and brewery chain stand out even more in all its markets. RAM sold a whopping 28,000 Skinny Drinks during the initial 60-day promotion from July to August, and sales continue strong, which is why the Lakewood, Wash.-based company has garnered Cheers' 2011 Best Chain Drink Program Award.
"We want to be leaders, innovators," declares Dave Iverson, RAM's COO. That's the spirit that last year earned the chain a Beverage Excellence Award for Best Chain Beer Program. That award was the impetus for this year's program as RAM execs were inspired by a low-cal Margarita they sampled at the Cheers Beverage Conference, which in turn sparked the inspiration for the Skinny Drinks program. Consumer and market demand was obviously there. An eagle-eyed RAM store manager spotted a number of guests concocting their own diet drinks with shots of tequila and smuggled in packets of Crystal Light.
"We were highly motivated to bring this idea to market," says Mark Schermerhorn, RAM's director of marketing and beverage promotions. The chain's beverage marketing team met with supplier partners Diageo, Brown-Forman and Bacardi, who were enthusiastic about the Skinny concept. "They said, 'You guys are so ahead of the curve,'" recalls Schermerhorn.
After tasting dozens of low-cal combos, four Skinny Drinks were developed from the chain's most popular cocktails: the 80-Calorie Skinny Bacardi Mango Mojito, featuring Bacardi Superior, with Crystal Light Mango Iced Tea muddled with fresh lime and mint; the 80-Calorie Skinny Jose Cuervo Gold Margarita, with tequila, Crystal Light Lemonade and muddled lime; the 90-Calorie Skinny Smirnoff Citrus Lemon Drop Cooler with vodka, Crystal Light Lemonade and muddled lemon; and the 100-Calorie Skinny Finlandia Cosmo Cooler, with vodka, triple sec and Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice with muddled lime. Each drink is priced $6 and served in a distinctive tall 12-ounce "Skinny" glass, which is a modified Pilsner 11 inches tall.
"The term 'Skinny' was already part of our culture," notes Schermerhorn. A small portion of beer, termed "Skinny" on the menu, is served in the glass co-opted for the diet cocktails–a useful cross-utilization. RAM also menued a "Skinny Burger," in January 2009. The Skinny Burger is still on the menu. With this newest Skinny component, RAM is among the first chains to market under-100-calorie cocktails. Guests seem to come back specifically for the Skinny selections. "The program gives customers a good reason to come in our front door. It's a brand differentiator for us," says Schermerhorn.
Originally launched as an LTO, Skinny Drinks are now an integral part of the regular beverage program, prominently featured on the menu and well promoted. In the restaurants, floor teams are well-versed in how to hand-sell the Skinny cocktails and special four-sided table tents detail each of the four drinks. The low-cal drink program is prominently displayed on the chain's website and Facebook as well as in regular email blasts and press releases.
Skinny Drink sales continue to grow, reports the COO. Partly it's due to continuing promotional tie-ins. For a Seafood Celebration Menu, for example, Skinny Drinks were suggested pairings for the seafood dishes on the stand alone menu. Another drinks LTO featured a Skinny 1800 Silver Tequila Margarita. More will follow. Most importantly, says Iverson, "It's not just that these drinks are low in calories. They taste really good."
Best Chain Beverage Menu
McCormick & Schmick's
Sponsored by Island Oasis
In an effort to attract a more diverse customer base and compliment changes to the food selection and design of its restaurants, the 80-unit, Portland, OR-based McCormick & Schmick's has recreated its beverage menu over the past year. The new menu, which launched in January 2010, won the chain the Cheers 2011 Award for Best Chain Beverage Menu Award, sponsored by Island Oasis.
In redesigning the menu, McCormick & Schmick's emphasized the history of the restaurant, as well as its specialty cocktails, seasonal cocktails, wines by the glass, brown spirits and beer. "We've always been proud of our bar program and considered it the cornerstone of our concept, but in the last couple years we got the sense it was getting stale," says Mike Liedberg, executive vice president of operations. "We wanted to maintain the best pieces of the last 30 years, but knew our customer was changing and the economic conditions gave us an invitation to step back and make adjustments."
The menu, which is flexible to reflect seasonal and local products at differing locations, features ten drinks (priced from $6.95 to $10.95), both classic and seasonal, as well as a wide selection of beer, wine and spirits. The selections were made as part of a collaborative effort at the company.
"Our team that developed the menu came from operations, marketing and culinary, as well as beverage," Liedberg says. "We felt strongly that they all need to connect together. We also asked outside vendors to participate based on what they knew about our customers.
The new menu also includes a wide selection of Bourbon, Rye, Canadian and Irish Wh
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You might have heard that Magento has set a very high standard when it comes to e-commerce platforms. This applies to anything which relates to optimizing, creating and maintaining your online operations. Nevertheless, things are somehow different when it comes to social media incorporation. The use of Social media is an essential aspect of the modern digital world, and it should not be overlooked.
Here are some of the social media extensions which you should use in 2018.
This extension has everything that your visitors require to create new accounts easily. Instead of filling various fields they can use a one-click sign up using numerous networks. These include Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google and other networks like Salesforce and Amazon. This extension does most of the things on its own. Also, its optimized for various devices and it can adjust to different resolutions and orientations.
Magestore is one of the common Magento extension developers. This extension is developed specifically for 18 networks. This includes the popular network as well as the less popular networks. You also get the freedom of placing the sign-up button anywhere you want. Think of the best place where your customers will notice it easily. Once you have set up the extension, your customers will only need to key in their username and password.
It would help if you incorporated Facebook comments in your online store because is one of the most widely used social media apps. Most businesses have a Facebook page, and 75% of users use the internet. You should do your level best to reach such type of users. You can open up to social networks by adding a comment section in your online store. You can use Facebook comments extension to add a social sense to your online store. The extension is developed in a way that allows your customers to leave their reviews via Facebook.
Blogging and social media are related. Once you have already added a social media extension, you need to look for ways to promote your online store. The best method of promoting your online store is through a blog that has social media features. Excellent blog by Megafan is the perfect way of adding a fully enabled blog in your site.
Incorporating social media with your Magento website is no longer optional. If you are not using the power of social media, then you are missing out on sale. Make use of the above extensions to integrate social media in an online store.
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A large proportion of the testing carried out is done in connection with evaluating the conformity of building products and materials in co-operation with the Certification Centre of Tallinn University of Technology.
Accreditation is the assessment and confirmation of compliance of the laboratory's testing and calibration with the requirements of international standards for laboratories. The building materials research and testing laboratory is accredited to carry out testing as shown in the table below (accreditation certificate L004).
In addition to accredited tests, other building product and material properties can be determined in accordance with customer needs.
Põletatud põlevkivi portland-põlevkivitsemendi, portland-komposiittsemendi ja müüritsemendi tootmiseks.
Burnt oil shale for production portland burnt shale cement, portland composite cement and masonary cement.
Determination of watersoluble Cr(6) in cement.
Determination of characteristics of sand.
Kruusa ja killustiku karakteristikute määramine.
Determination of characteristics of gravel and crushed aggregate of natural rock.
Determination of characteristics of concrete mixtures.
Kuju, mõõtmed ja muud katsekehadele ja vormidele esitatavad nõuded.
Shape, dimensions and other requirements for specimens and moulds.
Tugevuskatse katsekehade valmistamine ja hoidmine.
Making and curing specimens for strength tests.
Betooni painde- ja survetugevuse määramine.
Determination of bending and compressive strength of concrete.
Konstruktsioonidest võetud proovikehade tugevuse määramine.
Determination of strength evaluation on cores drilled from structures.
Keraamiliste ja silikaattelliste ning kivide karakteristikute määramine.
Determination of characteristics of ceramic and calcium silicate bricks and stones.


In our previous two blogs, we looked at the different types of residency and explored the exchange control consequences of leaving South Africa. In our final blog on emigration, we will look at the income tax consequences of ceasing to be a South African tax resident.
It's worth noting that the much-feared and widely publicised "expat tax", due to come into operation on 1 March 2020, will only apply to South African tax residents.
Many publications have confused home affairs residency with excon residency and merely stated that the tax would apply to all South African residents, which is not the case. If you do decide to escape expat tax through ceasing to be a South African tax resident, there could be some immediate (and onerous) tax consequences, as well as in future.
When ceasing to be a South African tax resident, you are deemed to dispose of all your assets at market value, apart from cash, immovable property situated in South Africa (so that holiday home in KZN will not be taxed) and personal use assets (there are some other more complex exclusions, but not relevant for our purposes). The reason is that you've accumulated wealth using South African resources, and now you're transferring this wealth abroad. Understandably, the fiscus wants their share of those profits. You could, therefore, pick up a tax bill without having disposed of assets.
What about income earned after I cease to be a tax resident?
South Africa's tax system is based on residency. Non-residents, however, are still taxed in respect of South African sourced income. Once you cease to be a tax resident, the source of income will determine your South African tax position. Given that many countries have the residency system, it could in some instances lead to double taxation.
It's important to remember that South Africa has an extensive network of double tax agreements (DTA) with various countries to eliminate double taxation. DTA's generally receive preference over the local tax laws. Let's look at the taxability of non-residents' income.
Interest from a South African source is exempt from tax if you spent less than 183 days in South Africa during the 12 months before the receipt or accrual of interest. Keeping accurate records of where you spend your time is crucial, as it could influence your tax position.
Dividends from South African resident companies are generally exempt from income tax. The dividends may still, however, be subject to 20% withholding tax (as is the case with residents). However, in some instances, a lower percentage can be prescribed in an applicable DTA.
Rental income will be taxed locally if the property is situated in South Africa. Non-residents will be subject to income tax on rental income that arises in South Africa. Importantly, expenses such as rates and charges, bond interest, insurance and repairs may be claimed as a deduction when determining the taxable income.
Generally, the source of remuneration is where the services are rendered and not necessarily where it's paid. If you cease to be a South African tax resident but retain some work responsibilities locally, you may still have a South African tax liability.
It's clear that once you've been a South African tax resident, and after that cease to be one, your tax position becomes quite complex as many different aspects come into play. It's highly recommended that once you do go down the road of ceasing to be a tax resident, you regularly consult a South African tax practitioner and a tax practitioner in your new destination, to ensure that you are a compliant taxpayer in all jurisdictions.


Environmental preservation, textile care efficiency and the protection of fibres have always been at the heart of our concerns.
We thereby place particular emphasis on fully complying with the laws in force in France and performing regular controls in our shops.
Alongside, our Research and Development Department has continuously examined and tested innovative technological solutions, more and more environmentally friendly, for the sake of your textiles.


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1 in 3 regional museums substandard: report
By Yoon Min-sik
Published : Sept 27, 2018 - 16:53 Updated : Sept 27, 2018 - 17:16
About 34.7 percent of the museums run by regional governments have failed the government's certification system, according to a Culture Ministry data submitted to an opposition lawmaker.
Rep. Kim Jae-won of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Thursday that 66 of the 187 public museums across the country fell short of the standards set by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Rep. Kim Jae-won (Yonhap)
The ministry has been assessing the public museums via its certification system implemented last year, which includes criteria such as their operation, maintenance of their collections, special exhibits and efforts to attract more visitors.
Over 77 percent of the museums in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province passed, as over half of those in the North Chungcheong, North Gyeongsang and Gangwong provinces failed.
"A number of public museums have been built with no regard to the actual demand. Without proper efforts to host more visitors, they are just wasting tax money," Kim said, urging regional governments to come up with content to attract more visitors.
The budget spent on the museums run by regional governments last year was 12 billion won ($10.75 million), down from 15.4 billion won the year before.
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)


Academic Block comprises of Class Rooms with modern multimedia projectors with remote-controlled retractable screens, Research Laboratories (including DNA sequencing facility, Plant and Animal Tissue culture labs), Sophisticated Instrumentation Facility, Central Library and Computer Lab. Facility for large-size document printing (for research posters etc.) is available in Computer Lab. V-Cradle Planetary scanning and Newspaper scanning facilities are shortly to be installed in the Central Library. Academic Block houses a modern conferencing facility with an air-conditioned seminar hall having a capacity of 100 chairs.


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Why won't my manuscript convert to EPUB?
Maybe I'm missing something but no matter what I do my file is converted to a pdf rather than epub file. Could it be because I am only distributing through the Lulu marketplace? I can't select the other options because my book isn't in English. I tried uploading my book as doc, docx and rtf file but I still end up with a pdf file.
When you're going through the wizard make sure to click at the top where it says "make epub" and "make pdf" choose Make epub. I think it's right before you upload the file. If you're only selling on lulu that might be it too. But you do have to select make epub in the wizard.
That's not the reason. Just tested it. No problem.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! I couldn't find the option make epub or make pdf so I assumed it was because I had the preferred language set to Dutch. When I changed it to English I could finally see the option.
Yes but please do note that many of the places Lulu send the ePubs to will not allow non-English books. Possibly because they read them before approving them, and they would have to pay many translators?!
That's true however it's a limitation of Lulu's policy and not the other distributors. Both Amazon and iBookstore sell non-English books.
I was now able to create the ePub file using the converter so I can use the ePub file to sign up with Amazon and iBookstore directly. You could get there without Lulu but I did it this way because I prefer the Lulu's ePub converter.
Lulu state that at least Apple will not stock non-English ones, so Lulu comply to that. There is the option to just select Amazon to be distributed to, but you may as well publish to there direct.
Amazon do not sell ePubs, BTW, and I do not think their converter will convert an ePub to mobi, which is ironic.
But is using Lulu's free tools to convert files and then not using Lulu a bit rude?
Lulu state that at least Apple will not stock non-English ones, so Lulu comply to that.
Yes they do: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/genre/ios-boeken/id6018?mt=8 The Apple bookstore is very popular with Dutch readers.
No, but they accept ePubs as content. I just uploaded mine and it works fine.
Nope. Not in my book it's not (pun intended). And even if it was, I am using Lulu. Read my comments.
Let me know if there is anything else you don't understand and I will be happy to explain.
Yes they do: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/genre/ios-boeken/id6018?mt=8 The Apple bookstore is very popular with Dutch readers.
That's the Dutch site which is not where Lulu send the ePubs too. Perhaps I should have said all the English 'speaking' Apple sites?
That's OK then. I upload docx. I just know that when Lulu send an ePub for placement on to Amazon it's not Amazon who do the conversion, but some major distribution company that Lulu have an account with.
That's OK then, even thoiugh you state you will be uploading to Apple and Amazon direct.
No thanks. There's no need to be rude. But I will still make the same offer as that because I am polite and nice.


The paper offers an initial overview of relevant law and policy areas that could be subject to regulatory interventions for developing country parties to fully comply with and benefit from the provisions of the Paris Agreement. It also proposes the development of an "implementation checklist". In addition, the paper contains a short update on current climate legislation consultations in Cameroon.


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Eric Lesh
LGBTQ Trailblazing Justice Marcy Kahn Retiring From The Bench
LeGaL friend, and LGBTQ trailblazer, Justice Marcy Kahn, announced that she will retire from the First Department in September "to become an advocate on climate change, sustainable development, human rights and the rule of law."
Justice Marcy Kahn is a justice on the First Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. She was appointed to the court by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fill a vacancy in February 2016. Previously, Justice Kahn was a justice for the New York County Supreme Court in the 1st Judicial District of New York. She was first elected to this position in 1995, after having served as an acting justice since 1993.
"Justice Kahn truly is one of those on whose shoulders we all stand," said LeGaL President Kristen Browde. Every LGBT lawyer and every LGBT New Yorker owes Marcy a huge debt of gratitude, not just for her long service on the bench but for her pioneering and tireless work for equality, which, I'm sure, is nowhere near done yet."
Justice Kahn began her career in 1975 as a Special Assistant Attorney General at the Office of the New York State Special Prosecutor. In 1977, she became an associate of the private law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She then became a partner of the firm Anderson Kill & Olick in 1980. She worked in this capacity through 1986.
Her first judicial appointment was in 1987, when she joined the New York City Criminal Court. She served on this court through 1994, but spent the end of her term (1993–1994) as an acting justice of the New York County Supreme Court. She was elected a justice of this court in 1995. Justice Kahn received her A.B. degree from Stanford University in 1972 and his J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1975.
"Justice Kahn is the gold standard as far as judges go and our community was truly fortunate to have her on the bench early on," said LeGaL Judiciary Committee Chair Janice Grubin. "We look forward to the next focus of her tireless efforts for equal rights for all."
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Michajło Apostołski (ur. 1906 w Nowym Sele, zm. 1987) – jugosłowiański wojskowy, jeden z dowódców Narodowej Armii Wyzwolenia Jugosławii, z pochodzenia Macedończyk.

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Urodził się jako Michaił Apostołow. Ukończył szkołę wojskową i służył jako oficer w armii jugosłowiańskiej, dochodząc do stopnia majora. Po inwazji III Rzeszy na Jugosławię dostał się do niewoli. Według bułgarskich źródeł został zwolniony z obozu jenieckiego, gdyż jego ojciec, weteran armii bułgarskiej, zdołał uzyskać interwencję w sprawie syna w bułgarskim ministerstwie obrony. Apostołow odmówił jednak wstąpienia do wojska bułgarskiego i, posługując się już zmienionym nazwiskiem, wstąpił do jugosłowiańskiej partyzantki socjalistycznej.

W połowie marca 1943 został komendantem Sztabu Głównego Narodowowyzwoleńczej Armii i Partyzanckich Oddziałów Macedonii, działających w strukturze Narodowej Armii Wyzwolenia Jugosławii. W październiku tego samego roku wydał, razem z pozostałymi członkami Sztabu, Manifest do narodu macedońskiego, w którym zapowiadał, iż powojenna Macedonia będzie funkcjonować w "braterskim sojuszu" z narodami serbskim, chorwackim, słoweńskim "i pozostałymi narodami w Jugosławii". Miesiąc później razem z Metodiją Andonowem-Czentą, Strachiłem Grigowem, Borkiem Temelkowskim, Wenkiem Markowskim oraz Cwetkiem Uzunowskim wszedł do Komitetu Inicjatywnego, przygotowującego utworzenie ciała ustawodawczego przyszłej socjalistycznej Macedonii - Antyfaszystowskiej Rady Wyzwolenia Narodowego Macedonii. Została ona utworzona 2 sierpnia tego samego roku w monasterze św. Prochora Pczińskiego, miejscu zasugerowanym przez Apostolskiego. Apostolski został wybrany do Rady, będąc równocześnie nominalnym przedstawicielem Macedonii w Antyfaszystowskiej Radzie Wyzwolenia Jugosławii. W rzeczywistości ani on, ani żaden inny z kilku działaczy macedońskich włączonych do Rady nie brał udziału w jej pracach.

Po zakończeniu II wojny światowej Apostolski kontynuował karierę wojskową, piastując kolejno obowiązki zastępcy szefa sztabu generalnego wojsk jugosłowiańskich, komendanta okręgu Sarajewo oraz komendanta akademii wojskowej w Belgradzie. Odszedł z armii w 1958. W kolejnych latach publikował opracowania poświęcone ruchowi partyzanckiemu w Jugosławii. Jego pracom zarzucano wyolbrzymianie rozmiarów tego ruchu w Macedonii Wardarskiej. Od 1965 do 1970 kierował Instytutem Historii Narodowej w Skopje, redagował wydaną w 1969 trzytomową Historię narodu macedońskiego. Od 1983 do śmierci był dyrektorem Macedońskiej Akademii Nauk i Sztuk. Był oskarżany o systematyczne fałszowanie historii w swoich pracach (miał wielokrotnie posługiwać się sformułowaniem "nie mam dowodu, ale twierdzę", przedstawiając swoje wnioski dotyczące historii) oraz używanie mowy nienawiści wobec Bułgarii i narodu bułgarskiego.

Jego imię nosi otwarta w 1995 Akademia Wojskowa w Skopje.

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Urodzeni w 1906
Zmarli w 1987
Jugosłowiańscy wojskowi
Macedończycy
Jugosłowiańscy komuniści
Żołnierze Narodowej Armii Wyzwolenia Jugosławii


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Vortrag "Feminismus in Honduras"
Samstag, 17. Juni 14-16 Uhr
Andrea Nuila Herrmannsdorfer
Ort: breidenbach studios
Challenges of feminist political organizing in the 21st century:
reflections on internal tensions and critique of young feminists in Honduras
Honduras is a highly unequal society, a backyard of U.S. geopolitical strategies, an exploited nation and one of the most deadliest places to live in the world. On the side, women have to face the historical challenge of living under patriarchy, especially those that belong to the most excluded sectors of society. Amidst such a context, the honduran feminist movement has actively and without a doubt, contributed to the transformation of womens realities. This includes unanimously positioning itself on key issues such as violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and equal rights. Nevertheless, ideological and methodological tensions have led women of different generations to diverge from what can be considered the mainstream feminist movement. As it often occurs in different parts of the world, the outcome has been the creation of different collectives, organizations and spaces of women that ultimately move throughout the entire spectrum of the feminist theory with a wider gap between each other.
This presentation will tackle the overal challenges that stand in the way for the emancipation of honduran women and some of the main (internal) criticisms to the feminist movement in Honduras through the particular experience of a feminist political organization of young women. Although predominantly local-focused, the purpose of this discussion will be to take into account the relevance of such critique beyond borders and into a much more global debate about the future of a "feminist cause" in our era and its ideological nature.
Main themes:
– Liberal feminism and foreign (western) trends in Honduras .
– Marxist feminism.
– Feminists and party politics in the left.
– Rural women and their fight for the commons.


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ALL TOO HARD'S FIRST CROP
Jock Davidson2017-04-04T03:37:21+10:00July 31st, 2014|
Vinery isn't resting on its laurels despite one its most successful seasons on record in 2013-14 as they eagerly await the first crop of Australian Champion 3yo All Too Hard.
General manager Peter Orton and the Vinery team are already looking forward to the dawn of a new era with exciting young stallion All Too Hard.
The record-breaking colt of his generation, All Too Hard will begin covering his second book in September and he has the potential to surpass the stud records Vinery stalwarts Red Ransom, Testa Rossa, Mossman and More Than Ready.
All Too Hard was ranked Australia's Champion 3YO in 2012-13. He earned that rating after powering past Pierro in the G1 Caulfield Guineas and then returning for an unbeaten WFA Autumn campaign in the G1 Orr Stakes, G1 Futurity Stakes and G1 All Aged Stakes.
He's the only horse in history to claim those four Group 1 events in one season. "He's just an absolute athlete and is right up there with the likes of Lonhro," co-trainer Michael Hawkes said. "He's got the family, the pedigree and a big heart."
All Too Hard (Casino Prince) covered one of the best books ever assembled for a first-season sire in the Hunter Valley last year. It included 18 Group 1 winners and the dams of 12 Group 1 winners.
Mares carrying foals to All Too Hard were in demand at the Magic Millions National Sale in June. There were 7 mares offered in foal to him and they averaged $352,000 on the Gold Coast.
Those returns came off a $66,000 (inc gst) service fee and Vinery has kept him at that price this year.
"He is the most spectacular physical specimen and offers a great pedigree mix to a vast range of broodmares," Vinery general manager Peter Orton said. "He's a half brother to Black Caviar and offers the blood of champion sires like Danehill, Snippets, Last Tycoon, Flying Spur and Vain."
Hoofnote: The first All Too Hard foal arrived at Burnewang North Pastoral in Victoria on Thursday. A big, strong bay colt, he is the first foal out of USA bred mare Running Royalty (Songandaprayer).
SINGAPORE GLORY FOR ALL TOO HARD
MORE ADELAIDE ACTION FOR ALL TOO HARD
SECOND STAKES WIN FOR FORBIDDEN LOVE
WELLINGTON IN COMMAND AT SHA TIN
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IRISH CONNECTION WINNING WITH VINERY
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https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/books/2011-04-07/a-novel-idea/
By Kimberley Jones, April 7, 2011, 3:33pm, Under the Covers
The New York Times reported yesterday that J.J. Abrams, filmmaker (Star Trek) and television innovator (Lost), has tapped Austin author Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis) to write a new novel.
Said the Times' Arts Beat blog:
The publisher Little, Brown said on Wednesday that it had acquired a book that Mr. Abrams, the director of "Star Trek" and a creator of the television series "Lost," "Alias" and "Felicity," had conceived and will be written by Doug Dorst, the author of the supernatural crime novel "Alive in Necropolis." … Just what that project is neither Mr. Abrams nor Little, Brown is indicating, except to say that it is planned for a fall 2012 release on the Mulholland Books imprint.
The Chronicle didn't have any better luck getting hard facts about the collaboration; a Little, Brown rep politely sidestepped our advances, saying only that "all the plans are under wraps for now." Color us intrigued.
Dorst's most recent book is The Surf Guru, which the Chron named one of 2010's best books, calling it "wildly whizzing and very finely written."


Intercoiffure Fall Atelier in New York City – Just Amazing Hair!
Intercoiffure, the most popular and influential organization within the hairdressing industry, recently held its amazing Intercoiffure North America Fall Atelier in New York City.
We were able to catch up with legendary session hairstylist Orlando Pita at the Intercoiffure Fall Atelier in NYC where he gave an amazing presentation on behalf of Kérastase. Orlando has rubbed elbows with top designers and celebrities in the industry for 30 years!
David Antunes, owner of Hair by David, has been a well-respected industry professional for more than 20 years. He has crafted his talents to be a visionary and innovator he is today.


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University of Belgrade (Serbia)
University of Belgrade (Studentski trg 3; 11000, Belgrade, Serbia)
gjo-belgrade[at]tufs.ac.jp
03-17-2016 (Thu.)
The University of Belgrade was established in 1863 and is the university with longest history in the Republic of Serbia. On the 14th of June 2010, we signed a comprehensive international academic exchange agreement with TUFS after which the active exchange of research and education followed. Due to the fact that we have a Japanese Language and Literature major within the Literature Department, we have been sending students to study at TUFS as foreign exchange students and have had teaching staff from TUFS sent to guide the Japanese language education here at the University of Belgrade.
The Global Japan Office here at Belgrade University will be used as a base to carry out a Joint Education Program between students studying Japanese language education at TUFS and students at Belgrade University Studying Japanese language. Also, by achieving our central role as a base of exchange for Central and Eastern Europe, we believe that we can further advance the expansion of exchange with both Central and Eastern Europe.
Date:03-17-2016 (Thu.)
Venue:University of Belgrade


An outstanding example of this classic Australian blend.
The name Anaperenna takes its name from the Anna Perenna, the Roman goddess of the New Year. This superb blend is produced from 82% Shiraz and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon with maturation taking place in 100% new oak (92% French and 8% American) for a period of 16 months. Fruit is sourced from the Barossa sub region Ebenezer with the vines varying in age between 30-130 years old.
Impenetrable inky black core with dark crimson black hue. Pronounced aromas of liquorice, blackberries and ripe blackcurrant bound from the glass followed by some dark plum, dark chocolate, subtle vanillin cedar and spice. Powerful, explosive and quite luscious flavours of blackcurrant, blackberries and liquorice greet the front of the palate over a back drop of dark chocolate, cedar and spice. The wines decadence and richness balanced against a solid yet velvet like tannin structure. Superb depth with long persistent aftertaste of liquorice, blackberry, cassis and spicy cedar.


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Q: how to display pound symbol in iOS5 I have program where in i have to display the currencies. I need to know how to display the pound and euros sign on the view. i need a step by step procedure for doing it. Please help.
Thanks all.

A: It's easy just add a label and then add symboles to it's text property from edit > Special Characters.. and then from popup window select currency symbols, which contains all the currency symbols.
This will work for xib files and also for .m (ie in coding) fiels, too.

If still want more help ask for it :)